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61. img_047
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- Felis c. [concolor] vancouverensis Nov [November] 25, 1935. Examined rest of mt [mountain] Lion picked up by Mr K. [Kenneth] Racey at Quatsino this summer. It consisted solely of the mane hair of a young elk. Felis concolor. [underlined] July 31, Ootsa Lake, B.C. [British Columbia] A single animal was shot last year at Burns Lake. This is the only one known here in years. Dec. [December] 22, 1938. Sooke, V.I. [Vancouver Island], B.C. [British Columbia] Young [male symbol] lion brought in by Mrs Joan Yates weighs 123 lbs [pounds] + is very fat: Length 73 1/2 ", tail 31", hind foot 11 1/2 circum [circumference] of neck back of ears 16 1/2" Pad to shoulder 23 1/2" Circum. [Circumference] of chest 27" " " forearm 9 1/2 " 1 " above elbow 12 1/4 heel to back. 21 1/2 circum. [circumference] at knee. 12 1/2 Point of hip to tip of shoulder 35" Circum [Circumference] of head in front of ears 18" distance between bases of ears on crown 5 1/4"
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62. img_547
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- Journal (23) [circled] from point to point and the angle about this [diagonal line drawn]. In evening [Ian McTaggart] Cowan shot two [male symbol] rabbits above camp between miles 8 + 9 + Stewart [Racey] collected a [male symbol] Porcupine, a very large animal weighing at least 48 or 50 pounds July 20. 1937. 3400 ft. [feet], Mrs [Kenneth] Racey [Kathleen Eileen Louise Stewart] + Stewart [Racey] left at 5.30 a.m. for Vancouver. Three Perris [Peromyscus] in traps 2/juv [juveniles]/[male symbol] + an old ad [adult] [male symbol] measurements of which ad. [adult] are 183.90.21. Worked all day at making up citellus + Porcupine. This last skinned for mounting + skeletonized. Before skinning measurements were 870.283.16. - after skinning. Total length 890 Tail 270 Arc of tail at base 230 " " " half way 125 Arc back of shoulders 400 depth 160 " of belly 740 Depth " " [illegible word crossed out] 220 Arc in front of hips 520 Depth " 160 Around masseters 273 " neck 285 This animal fat + belly much distended with fairly masticated grain food. Birds observed today Olive-backed Thrush 3 Red-br. [breasted] nuthatch 1 Marginalia: #143, 145
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63. FN-10_038
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- 18 Large flocks (15 to 19) of Pacific loons were also flying in the same direction This migration started at about half tide on the incoming flow. On the way in we stopped at Clayquot [Clayoquot] where Mr [Kenneth] Racey took 2 Savannah Sparrows + a greater Scaup on the sandspit. A Hairy woodpecker taken was feeding young in the nest. [sentence underlined] May 23 [1931] Rain all day. I got up at 4:30 and went round the traps at Chesterman + Garrods [also Garrard and Mackenzie] beach. Saw nothing of interest except a flock of six Harlequin ducks out of which I took one an adult male. The ducks like to feed in the sheltered channels left by the outgoing tide. 3 Harbour seals were swimming in the surf at Chestermans. The rest of the day we skinned. May 24 [1931]. Fine. Got up early and went over to Chestermans beach + round the point to Garrods as usual. On the reef at Chesterman's we saw a large mink walking slowly across the rocks, by a little quick work we cornered + shot him. He was of very large size
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64. FN-10_040
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- 19 were noted feeding on the mud flats in front of the cabin but we were unable to secure any. Skinned all day. In the evening walked down the road + saw one grouse + one deer in the open sphagnum country. At this time of year the deer seem to be frequenting the more open sphagnum + Jack pine areas + making nightly trips to the beach. May 26. [1931] Got a crow in one of my traps. Mr [Kenneth] Racey got a large male Rattus now. in one of his. Went out in the boat on the morning tide + drifted down to the Islands NW [northwest] of the camp Here we watched a Bald Eagle catch a fish, no sooner had he done so than 8 others, all adults came in from every direction + chased him about while a couple of crows + a raven waited for the scraps. Shot a L.B. [Long-billed] dowitcher and a large Baird cormorant off a reef mark north + E. [east] of the Indian village. Then cruised over to the Clayquot [Clayoquot] spit where we shot a couple of
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65. FN-10_056
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- 27 June 12 [1931]. Rain until evening, trap had taken on Peromyscus + 2 Rats. A mink had pulled out of one of the others. Set out a line of mouse traps June 13 [1931]. Rain all day. Took an old male weasel in a trap on stamp river baited with a mouse. 2 peromyscus in other traps. In afternoon the weather seemed to clear so we set out some more Racoon [Raccoon] traps on the Island in the Somass River. June 14 [1931]: Rain in afternoon. Traps held 2 or 3 peromyscus and a rat. June 15 [1931]. Rain off + on. Traps held a squirrel + a peromyscus. Squirrel [word crossed out] Obtained a Racoon [Raccoon] skin + skull from Mr Rand. A small bat flew into the house + was taken. June 16 [1931]. Rain all day. Traps held Peromyscus + 3 rats Traps set out at Sproat lake held 3 peromyscus + 2 juvenile microtus tetramerus. June 17 [1931]. Mr [Kenneth] Racey took 10 Vaux swifts [underlined] out of a large flight that came over camp in the morning These swifts were feeding on green aphids. In the afternoon
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66. FN-10_064
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- 31 June 23 [1931]. Packed up our outfit + moved out of the country. On the way out to the car Mr [Kenneth] Racey took a male Townsend warbler in full song but with a most peculiar song. Drove over to Alberni arriving at Beaver Creek at about 7:30 On the Arrowsmith summit we saw a yearling doe in the process of moult. June 24 [1931]. Packed up our outfit + cleaned skulls nearly all day. Continued Rain. June 25 [1931]: Glued together the bits of some of the whistler skulls + skinned a large [female symbol] Blue grouse taken on Green Mountain. June 26 [1931] Packed everything into the car + said good bye to Beaver Creek Stopped at Hilliers for lunch with Arthur Peak, he gave us directions about getting in the Green Mt [Mountain] via Nanaimo lake Raod. At 4 oclock we pulled into the [Hamilton Mack] Laings at Comox. We made camp in their garage + had dinner with them seeing all the Rocky Mt [Mountain] Photographs. Set out a line of mouse traps Photographed a 3 weeks old fawn that Monks had.
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67. img_051
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- Pine Grosbeak. Monashee Pass, B.C. [British Columbia] 4000' June 23/37 [1937] This morning at 7:30 AM a pair of these birds came to a low tree near camp. Both were taken + proved to be a breeding pair - female laying. They were of identical plumage but the male is a few mm. [millimetres] the larger. An hour later a full plumaged breeding [male symbol] came + was shot. At 1 o'clock Mr [Kenneth] Racey shot an ad [adult] [male symbol] + [female symbol] that flew out of an abandoned shack. They were apparently attracted to the camp + to the shack by salty deposits. The second [male symbol] taken had been eating alder buds. When travelling together they utter a low call like that of the western Tanager. Mt [Mount] Revelstoke, B.C. [British Columbia] July 3/37 [1937]. Took 2 Pine Grosbeaks one very much larger than the other, both in gray plumage. Both were breeding [male symbol]'s One had been eating unripe Erythronium [underlined] seeds July 5/37 [1937] Called up 3 pairs of these birds none of them in breeding [word crossed out] red plumage yet all were definitely mated pairs
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68. FN-10_094
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- 49 and one Goshawk. Aug [August] 22 [1931]. Alan [Racey] took a male weasel in the willows on the north side of the River My traps took a single shrew. Weather unsettled + showery. Aug [August] 23 [1931]. Went over to the spruce woods in the afternoon and shot a large male porcupine that Mr [Kenneth] Racey had seen there in the morning. Saw a marsh Hawk and a number of Sharp tailed grouse. In the evening we took a trip up to Shillakers. Mr [Frank M.] Shillaker presented us with a young male Lemmus [word crossed out] [illegible word crossed out] Microtus drummondi taken by Laciese Cha in his meadow 15 N.W [northwest] of Chezacut up the Chilcotin River. He saw the adult animals also. Moses Ronsin reported these animals as being on his meadow at Anaham [Anahim] Lake. Aug [August] 24 [1931] Traps took a large female flying squirrel taken close to the place I took the first one, that is right on the edge of the spruce woods on the south shore of the lake. S Aug [August] 25 [1931]. Took another flying squirrel, the largest yet. Also a female, Taken in the Jack Pine just across the ford. Took up our
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69. FN-10_026
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- 12 Found a Northern Ravens nest [underlined]. We were led to this nest by the cries of the youngsters that we heard from about 1/4 mile distant + above the roar of the surf. There appeared to be 2 or 3 young in the nest one of which we succeeded in shooting from the nest by dint of exploding one side of the nest with a heavy charge of no. 4 shot. Took a Peromyscus + a spruce in traps set through the woods. The Pery. [Peromyscus] has a very dark dorsal stripe but the stripe is more confined than in those we took at Tofino. In the afternoon packed our duffel + rowed back to Tofino in about 3 hours - slightly less. Started to rain + blow a brisk S. [South] Easter. May 16. [1931] Skinned our catch of yesterday and cleaned up the cabin in the morning. In the afternoon Mr [Kenneth] Racey went in to Tofino while I set out a line of traps down the road. Judging by the sign I should say that this country was a washout so far as small mammals are concerned All muskeg or thick cedar + salal + always wet underneath Saw a flock of 5 curlew, Shot a single Stellers Jay [underlined]. Rain all day
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70. FN-10_022
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- 10 the leaky old tub the other old crook had passed off on us. In afternoon rowed round to Tofino + brought back a load of mail + supplies. Saw several cormorants. but none with crests. Started to rain about mid afternoon. Mr [Kenneth] Racey got May 14. Grant came around to [sentence crossed out] his sealskin from Towler + Mitchell [store], It is a beauty, an adult female. I was talking to Mr [Edward] Armstrong who traps at the head of Kennedy Lake every winter, he goes up there in August or Sept. [September] every year but his mail will reach him c/o C.A. Elkington. He can get us all the weasels + marten we want. Last year he got 8 c [cents] for marten + 10 c [cents] for weasel. May 14 [1931]. Grant came round in his boat at about 9 o'clock + towed us up to Mud Bay float, a distance of about 10 miles. From here we rowed about a mile up a winding slough and made camp on a grassy spot at the head. Lunch over we walked over to Long beach, this is a long crescent shaped beach 12 miles in extent + with a rock point about
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