Field notes, v1445
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Willeland 1933 Itinerary - 34 at July 26 We arrived in Tonopah at 12.0. Called for mail, packed specimens, ordered groceries - meat, made enquiry at hospital for Francis Gale and after completing other purchases were ready to leave at 6.15 p.m. Drove to a spot 2 1/2 mi Ex N of Twin Spring (Johnnie Wilsons home) where we camped for the night. We had noticed some sand dunes out in the arroyo while travelling west earlier in the day and had selected the spot for trapping. However as it was 8pm or later when we arrived near the site we could not distinguish accurately the locality of said dunes. The site which we finally decided upon was covered with a black rock - soil dark and hard. Vegetation straggly - Atriplex and Chrysothamnus alternat. Out of 60 traps set I took 1: July 27 5 Dipodomys m. levipes, 2 Perognathus formosus & Perognathus nevadensis. Ants had eaten on two of specimens, one nevadensis: discarded because of bad condition.