Field notes, v1500
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E.D. Miller 1940 27 General Account. nelsoni. This afternoon I set 75 traps again, a part of them along a gulch E of the railroad that runs by camp. White-winged Doves, Bewick Wrens, Brown Towhees, Cardinals, Golden-fronted Woodpeckers, California(?) Jays and other birds were seen around camp. Phainopepla also. May 14 Took in my traps 7 Perognathus nelsoni, 1 Rheithrodonmys fulvescens, 1 Baiomys sp., 4 Peromyscus maniculatus, 11 Peromyscus boylii, and 2 Perognathus flavus. There later 2 were taken in live traps set near the edge of an old corn field. In the afternoon we drove on through the city of Aguascalientes to a location: 2000 m. 3 mi NE Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. In the late afternoon I set 50 m. Specials here. The country was low hills covered with a medium thick growth of small cactus (leafless) and large nopal cactus. While setting traps I saw linnets, Mockingbird, Bewick Wren, White-winged Dove, Dryolates sp., Raven, Silvilagus sp. and Sealed Quail. May 15 Took in my traps 3 ?, 10 Rheithrodonmys fulvescens, 10 Liomys irroratus, and 1 of Peromyscus sp. In the afternoon we drove on to a location: 1900 m. 1 mi. N Chicalote, Aguascalientes. This Chicalote is a railroad station. Another Chicalote near here is a rancho. Both of these are a few miles north of the city, Aguascalientes.