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during winter, mainly cattle and sheep for the San Francisco market. The ranch contains 4000 acres, largely in alfalfa. The soil is rich, heavy alluvium and yields large crops. Not half of the valley however is under cultivation and as usual the large ranch methods of farming are not very economical.

On the way to the ranch I picked up a dead [[underline]] jack rabbit [[/underline]] in the road that made a fairly good specimen. Saw also a dead [[underline]] coyote [[/underline]] & on my return saw a live one out in the field hunting mice. [[underline]] Pocket gopher [[/underline]] hills are very large and very numerous in places. The [[underline]] Microtus [[/underline]] seem to be [[underline]] montanus [[/underline]], but many small gray individuals may prove to be [[underline]] namus [[/underline]].

Saw many Buteo borealis calurus & swainsoni in the cottonwoods along the fences and flying over the fields or sitting on the ground. Saw a few Archibuteo lagopus sanctijohannus and several Accipiter cooper among the trees or flying over the fields. Saw one [[underline]] Falco mexicanus [[/underline]] skimming over the fields close to the ground like a marsh hawk.

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