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every time I tried to approach them* As the wnfergrowth rms very thick 
I could not sec them until they were very close. At last ray companion 
filled one of them out from. under a log with his hands anti although we 
searched far the others for some time we could find no more of them, 
She nest ms on the ground hut as soon ac the birds left it ay atben* 
tic®, ms attracted to them and I paid no attention to it until afterward 
and then I could not find it, 
companion says they mice the nest on 
the ground and have it arched over with leaves, etc, 
% reached the Ranch© about 1*30 p.a, and I spent the reminder of 
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the day until it began to rain sotting traps among ethers for some 
gophers. 
July 8 - Saturday. Set out traps yesterday and killed several birds. 
dot in traps sot the day before* 1 blacktailed ahrewj 1 Cry gears* end 
1 £sitl3r..odjant,^f.. in ny gopher traps, 1 flsgazg. and 1 Putpulus which 
evidently had entered the hole to kill the gopher . It began to rain 
yesterday toward night and continued to do so without intermission until 
this afternoon, I got nothing in traps set yesterday, She present storm 
appears to be* a regular 'nurte". It rains almost without stopping, but 
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not so hard a® the showers which usually occur ©rosy afternoon* It is 
very cool at this altitude, I have left sy traps in some places as they 
were last night, She calc belt extends up for at least a league from 
this place which is mar its lower edge, the lower part of the oak belt 
is probably densest arid is especially damp n;m mossy, In most places 
every tree trunk is corerod with green moss which makes all small branches 
appear about 3 times natural sis© and it hangs down 3 inches or more in a 
long spray. In idle lower part there seems to be few signs of mice liv- 
ing about the trees 'but above acorn shells, ate,, dhow some kind of mice. 
probably Sltomnra to be abundant, I have not finished trapping here yet 
but will begin to trap some higher up if the weather permits tomorrow, 
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