er Canyon, 7575 ft.; (3) Chickaree
Draw, 8200 ft.; (4) 1/4 mi. N Middle Well, 7500 ft., Prater Canyon; (5)
east side of Morfield Canyon about one mile below the well; (6) Lower
Well, Prater Canyon; (7) Sect. 27, head of east fork Navajo Canyon; (8)
Far View, designated on various specimens as Far View Ruins, Far View
Point, and Far View House, 7700 ft.; (9) localities designated Utility
Area, and Well, "Park Well," or "Old Park Well"; (10) Headquarters,
including the designations 25 mi. [by road] SW Mancos, Museum, Hospital,
head of Spruce Tree Canyon, Spruce Tree House, and Spruce Tree Lodge;
(11) Cliff Palace, across the canyon about 1/4 mile southwest are Sun
Temple and Oak Tree Ruin; (12) Square Tower House; (13) Balcony House;
(14) Indian Cornfield, "Cornfield," or "Garden."]

The first mammals from the Mesa to be preserved for scientific study
were seven specimens in the United States National Museum (designated
USNM in lists of specimens examined) obtained by Merritt Cary in 1907,
and mentioned in his "Biological Survey of Colorado" (Cary, 1911). In
1931 and 1932, R.L. Landberg obtained a few specimens that are in the
Denver Museum of Natural History. In 1935, C.W. Quaintance, Lloyd White,
Harold P. Pratt, and A.E. Borell prepared specimens, some of which
remain in the museum at the Park (all specimens in the museum at the
Park are designated by "MV" for Mesa Verde and by their catalogue
numbers), and some are in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the
University of California at Berkeley (designated "MVZ" in the following
accounts). Specimens in The University of Kansas Museum of Natural
History are referred to by catalogue numbers only. Specimens prepared by
D. Watson bear dates from 1936 until 1955. In 1938, Raymond F. Harlow
prepared some specimens; his Student Technician's Report of 7 typescript
pages, for July 8 to September 9, 1938, is on file at Mesa Verde
National Park. In 1944 and 1945, Dr. D.A. Sutton, then a student at the
University of Colorado, collected chipmunks for his own study, and also
some other specimens that are in the University of Colorado Museum and
the Park Museum. In 1949, Dr. R.B. Finley, then a student at The
University of Kansas, collected in and near the Park and obtained a few
specimens preserved in The University of Kansas Museum of Natural
History. Rodents preserved by Harold R. Shepherd have been mentioned. I
have examined 244 specimens that were collected by the above persons.