Field notes, v1478
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V. Memmler 1942 P.2 Dipodomys April 1, Berglund Ranch, 1450 ft., 5 mi. N Corralitos, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. which lay between two hilltops. We got no Dipos here. The ♀ Dipos had no embryos. Her pouches were filled with cuttings. These included: Filaries, leaves and seeds, Redmaids, stems, leaves and flowers, Lotus sp. leaves, Grass flower heads, and also Burr Clover. April 2, We set out 96 traps in the same marginal habitat as the one mentioned for April 1. Here we caught 3 Dipos, 1 ♀ and 2 ♂. The ♀ had 2 embryos about 4 mm long. We found both yesterday and today that the Dipos tend to drag Museum Special traps about 15 ft. downhill from where trap is set. We believe the trap is a bit small for this animal. Also traps were not wired. We put 20 traps_ on a knoll covered with large quantities of Lotus sp., Baccharis, Pinus Coulteri and Pinus radiata, both planted, formed the taller growth, about 1 ft. tall. Traps were spaced in both this location and the other on both days at about 5 to 7 paces. We used Peanut butter mixed with oats and walnuts for bait, almost half and half. On the knoll we caught 2 Dipos: 1 ♂ and 1 ♀. The ♀ had also 2, 4 mm embryos.