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[[underlined]] Dec. 16. Traps, [[/underlined]] Got 4 Arvicolas, 2 Onychomys, 3 Hesperomes, & a Thomomys.
Took horse & went up in the Alabama Mts. back of town & set 56 traps along Lone Pine Creek where it cuts through these Mts. Found lots of Neotoma holes, saw 2 Spermophylus grammurus & a Tamias leucurus. Set traps along creek bank in brush for shrews & Arvicolas.
Did not get back to camp till 4 P.M. 
Skinned some things before dark.
Nelson went up to hills back of town too, & set traps & got 2 ducks - Spoonbills, & 3 Greater Yellow-legs.
Dykeman worked around town & across the river on the east side.
[[underlined]] Cloudy [[/underlined]] & damp in morning, +34 [[degree symbol]] at 7 AM.
Cleared up & a pleasant day.

[[underlined]] Dec. 17. [[/underlined]] Went up to my traps, got 2 Thomomes, 3 Neotomas, 2 Arvicolas, 1 Ochetodon, 3 Neosorex, 4 Hesperomys sonoriensis, 11 Hesperomys californicus; or part of them may be H. eremicus. Got one Dipodomys. 
Nelson got Arvicolas, Hesperomes and Ochetodons. Set traps & snares for Scalops. Got a Psaltriparus.
Reset the traps, Went up to upper edge of Alabama Mts. with Dikeman. 

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