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[GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 21 |
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Bats of Yosemite Valley and the higher
Sierra Nevada; all about 9/10 natural size; photographed from fresh
specimens. (top left to right)
a. Hoary Bat, Merced Lake, August 21, 1915.
b. Merriam Bat, Pleasant Valley, May 23, 1915.
c. Little California Bat, Pleasant Valley, May 23, 1915.
d. Large Brown Bat, Merced Lake, August 23, 1915.
e. High Sierra Bat, Vogelsang Lake, August 31, 1915.
For accounts of these species, see text, pp. 51-60.
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[GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 22 |
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a. Tracks of Black Bears in
Yosemite Valley after a light snow fall, showing how a bear coming into
another bear's trail at once treads "in the footsteps of its
predecessor." Photographed below Cathedral Rocks, November 17,
1915. (top)
b. Tracks of Black Bear in Yosemite Valley; photographed in road
below Royal Arches, November 8, 1915. This bear was in haste; the print
of the hind foot is ahead of that of the forefoot. (bottom)
For general account of Black Bear, see text, pp. 63-68.
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[GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 23 |
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a. Pacific Fisher, Chinquapin,
December 21, 1915. Note rather slender body, long busy tail, rather
short legs, and short rounded ears. (top)
b. Sierra Pine Marten, Lyell Cañon, July 19, 1915. Note
slender body, long neck, bushy tail, and rounded ears. (middle)
c. Sierra Nevada Wolverine, head of Lyell Cañon, July 25,
1915. Note stout body, large head, short ears, big feet, and rather
short tail. (bottom)
All the above about 1/8 natural size; photographs from animals fresh
from the traps.
For accounts of these mammals, see text, pp. 82-86.
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[GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 24 |
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The California Badger and its work.
a. Fresh burrow on the plains south of Lagrange, December 15,
1915. b. Adult in trap, Tuolumne Meadows, July 11, 1915.
c. Young animal in burrow, near Mono Lake, June 25, 1916. (top to
bottom)
See text, p. 92.
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