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- 1 pr [pair] robins with fledgelings;
2 pr [pairs] slate colored Juncos, 1 golden
eagle, 1 leucosticte, 1 pr [pair] myrtle
warblers.
Rock Rabbits, Col. [Columbian] groundsquirrels, abundant
Citellus lateralis + marmota quite numerous.
The latter are living down in the
Brule rather than on the high slides.
Elk sign [word crossed out] moose + caribou sign
abundant. Great quantities of
winter microtine work.
Emigrants Mt [Mountain] June 23, 1924 [?1946].
Bright day until 8 PM. then becoming
stormy. Left camp at 9 o'clock +
rode through Elysium Pass + across
Monarch meadows + up to the summit
of Barrett Pass. When travelling
around the shoulder between Elysium
Pass + Monarch Meadows it is advisable
to keep high. The lower timber
is very rough.
Monarch Meadows offer a
beautiful place for a collecting
camp - A large area of both
wet _ dry alplands, parkland,
rock slides + a belt of willows
along the creek
Saw 16 [male symbol] elk + 12 caribou at
the head of Monarch Creek.
Microtine sign everywhere + caught
2 Synaptomys by hand.
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