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’Jfastlapaa, July 10, Monday - It rained until noon yesterday ana 
then stopped until about 3 o’olook, I did not go to all sy traps early 
in the doming and on going to them at noon found ? aio© altogether, of 
the lolloping genera* Orysagys. very large kind* Re ithr odontcsay-s t 
gltqays* and Blarina, Reset my souse traps near the ranch here. Left 
W gopher and seat traps stand over in same places, L*s,st night ©alight 
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a gopher of the large coarse haired kind hut it was eaten up by some 
animal, probably a skunk, Sot 3 Reithrodontogys* % Sit gars, and 1 Blarlna 
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last night. Shot four of the large dark* cleared ^ays this morning, I 
skinned and poisoned the mice taken yesterday and sent them down to Jioo 
by a moso, Mr, I, sent me up -3 dozen more mens® traps yesterday and to- 
day I set them out together with that I had, making nearly 80 all told. 
It is raining again this afternoon, so I hay® got out no we gopher 
trap®, Bart of ay mouse traps are set up about 2 miles above her® in 
the woodsi while sotting them this forenoon I shot two more of the big 
3a ye, 3 of the small squirrels ('’Motor*}* 1 hummer, and a couple of birds 
2 do not knew, Rejthr odont cag/e . .Oryscrors, and Sitcmars t ake bait her®, 
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Dm Mateo Ramirez has been describing th© Martueh and Qushittma to me. 
Says 'Warn meat of th® Ifertueh is not good to ©at while that of the Qua- 
hitmen is, th© lisrtueh is a meat-eater and also eats grain * the Quahl- 
tmaa eat® grass and bough® and has teeth like a gopher. 
July 11, faesday • It rained nearly all night last night and until 
10 o*cloek today, the result was only 3 shrews (l Biarina and 2 black- 
tailed Sqrex) were ©aught in uy long line of traps. Cot 2 bird® today j 
one of them a large creeper or wren. Also tiro more of the gray creepers 
and a large or 
one. 
A Setoohaea. a trogon, and 3 birds having crests 
black in color, the male has a crimson throat. 
July 15 - fhursday. Yesterday ©aught two Sjtomyg somewhat resembling 
those taken on the highland with whit© bellies, they are probably diff- 
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