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[[underlined]] Sweetwater Lakes [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Lepus ^[[t.]] canpanius [[/underlined]] - Common over prairie

[[underlined]] Lepus americanus[[/underlined]] - Eastgate thinks they are here in the thickets of aspen & willow. Says they are common at Devils Lake & at Stump Lake.

[[underlined]] Canis latrans nebrascensis [[/underlined]] - Coyote tracks seen along lake shores

[[underlined]] Taxidea taxus [[/underlined]] - Tracks & holes ^[[are]] common.

[[underlined]] Mephites hudsonica[[/underlined]] - Skunks are ^[[are]] numerous & we saw 12 one evening near camp, mostly half grown. They hunt in tules & reeds along shore & probably destroy great numbers of eggs & young of water birds. Eastgate thinks the small flocks of young ducks are due to skunks.

[[underlined]] Lutreola vison ^[[listifera]] [[/underlined]] Said to be common about the lake See note by Eastgate on a breeding den.

[[underlined]] Blarina brevicauda [[/underlined]] - Two were caught under grass & weeds in a dry marsh, in Microtus runways.

Bat-  one seen flying in evening but not secured.

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of shallow water, full of water plants & algae.

There is a large area of timber and brush land in between the lakes and timber borders them on most of the outside margins. The surrounding country is all prairie, largely under cultivation in grain, flax, corn & potatoes.

Transcription Notes:
Check Latin please Lutreola vison listifera may be Lutreola vision setifera (mink)