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iible articles from Lull ter.-s' cabiii.s, wLicblljcy u.s«; in huildiug tbeir Imhi- 

 tations, and will can y oti' lar;:^e (jaaiitiUes of crackers, ^rain, groceries,, 

 etc. In fact no piovision.s are sate from tbeir foraginf( if left unguarded 

 in remote camps. Tbe animiils tbemse'.ves are seldom seen, being 

 rather nocturnal in their habitci and must be trai)ped to be secured. 



Neotoina fuscipes C<joper. Dinskij-focAed Wood Hat. 



Xear the coast in Humboldt County this Woofl Kat is very ai>undant, 

 building immense houses of twigs, sticks, etc., like the preceding species, 

 which it resembles in its habits, ^ear the mouth of Eel Eiver I saw 

 the domicile of a Wood Kat perched upon the roof of a deserted cabin in 

 a dense thicket. It consisted of a pile of brush G feet in height and 

 diameter covering half of the roof. A small tree, whose branches ex- 

 tended into the nest, was evidently used by the animal as a means of 

 access to its nest, a portion of which extended from the roof to the 

 trunk of the tree. This species often builds in colonies, and in a thicket 

 at San Simeon, in San Louis Obispo County, I found no less than forty 

 nests within a radius of as many yards. 



Col- I 

 lector's ' 



No. ; 



Localitv. 



Date. 



Nature of speci- 

 men. 



291 Humboldt County. 



1885. 

 Dec. - 



Skin. 



Family GEOMYID^. Gophers. 



Thomomys talpoides btilbivonis (Rich.). Pacific Pocket Gopher. 



Common in nearly all parts of the region. When at San Diego a 

 perfect albino of this species was presented to me. 



Family SACCOMYID^. Pouched Eats. 



Perognathus monticola Baird. Mountain Pocket Mouse. 



Obtained at Fort Crook by Captain Feilner : not represented in my 

 collection. 



Dipodomys PhiUipsi (Woodhouse). •• Phillip's Pocket Eat ;" " Kangaroo Eat." 



Not uncommon in many localities. At Eed Bluff I sometimes found 

 it drowned in the water tanks at railroad crossings. 

 Froc. X. U. 67 1:.' 



