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E.V. Miller
1940
23
General Account
went hunting for Romerolagus diazi. I saw none
although Benson saw some and Delgadillo shot one.
I shot 11 Scleropus sp? In the afternoon I set
2 double sets for gophers and caught one ? Thomomys
umbinus. Later I set 36 M. specials for mice along the
base of a low rock cliff. While doing this I collected
(probably a wren's nest)
a Pygmy Nutcrack and its? nest containing 4 well incubated
eggs. The nest was in a crevice in a rock cliff, about
4 ft. above the ground. I also shot a small yellow
warbler? While setting my traps hail fell for a
few minutes so that I had to reset my traps. After
dark it rained a little. The temperature drops
below freezing at night.
May 4
In my traps I took 4 ?, 1 ? Peromyscus melanophrys,
1 ?, 1 ? Rheithrodonmys megaloticus. I shot 14 lizards and
saw one Romerolagus diazi. In the afternoon we drove
back on the same road to a location; 10,800 ft.
La Providencia, NW slope Popocatepetl, Mexico. We
camped beside a small stream near some buildings
which are the official headquarters of the park, although
no one lives there at present. I set 50 M. specials
along the stream and on the hillside. The habitat:
fine dark soil, considerable bunch grass, brush,
medium sized fir trees (Abies sp.). In the evening
about 6 45 to 7 00 PM I shot 4 ? Oplurus fuscus.
May 5
Took in my traps 3 Microtus mexicanus, 3 ?, 6 ?
Peromyscus melanophrys, and 1 ?