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Snow lies in sheltered places on slopes facing northerly down as low as 8000 ft. There is enough on the main peak to give it a white streaked appearance from a distance. In places it is 20 feet deep and some banks are half a mile long.  It seems to be melting rapidly & was very wet & soft. but by 6 oclock had begun to freeze.  Water drips from the lower edge of the snow banks but [[strikethrough]] la [[/strikethrough]] runs into loose stony ground.  Found "C. King. 1864" scratched on a stone on the peak - on a monument about 4 ft. high.

[[underlined]] Lizzards [[/underlined]]: shot one Scaliporus graciosus at 9500 ft. no others seen.
[[checkmark]]  [[underlined]] Birds:[[/underlined]] Dr. Fisher reports on birds.
[[underlined]] Mammals: [[/underlined]] Tamias merriami (?) is abundant up through the Piñon.  We saw one track in a snow bank at 10000 feet that seemed to be of this chipmunk, but no other signs of them above Piñons.
Thomomys       hills are abundant up to within 50 feet of the top of Telescope.
Neotoma            , their nests and "vegetable hills" are common among rocks to within 100 feet of the peak.  A large, hollow Pinus aristata is filled with sticks & cones & rubbish about 100 feet below the peak.
Hesperomys leucopus - probably ranges over the peak.
Lepus -   some Rabbit the size of a Cottontail lives high up in the mountains.  We saw their excrement at about 9000 ft.
Ovis montanis,  no signs of sheep seen high up, but they are known to occur here. 

Transcription Notes:
Scaliporus - I think he means Sceloporus Thamomys - I think maybe he means Thryonomys (rats) Reviewed. Thomomys = smooth-toothed pocket gophers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth-toothed_pocket_gopher - @siobhanleachman