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E. V. Miller
1940
28
General Account
In the afternoon I set 75 M. specials along a low bank of earth, covered with low leafless brush, nopals cactus and small trees. The country here is nearly flat, with low hills rising to the E. There are a few fields near. Dipodomys spectabilis is present but does not build high mounds. Instead, the workings of this species are found around the bases of brush, and are very low.
May 16. Took in my traps 2 ♂ Brachymys torridus, 1 ♀ Liomys (?) sp., 2 ♀ Perognathus hispidus and 3 ♂, 3 ♀ Perognathus nelsoni. Saw Scaled Quail, Caracara, and Cardinal this morning. In the afternoon I went hunting and saw in addition; Desert Sparrow, Grastcatcher (sp?), Mockingbird, Cactus Wren (collected one), Bewick Wren, Nighthawk (sp?), Brown Towhee, Clay-colored Sparrow, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, White-winged Dove, Curve-billed Thrasher and Mourning Dove. In the evening I set out 75 M. specials, 50 Live Traps, and 16 Schuyler No.1s.
May 17 Our location for May 16 and Today is: 1900 m. (mi.) N Chicalote, Aguascalientes. I in my traps this morning I took 1 ♀ Dipodomys merriami, 1 ♂, 1♀ Dipodomys ordii, 1 ♀ Perognathus hispidus, and 5 Perognathus flavus (3 of them immature). In the afternoon we drove through Aguascalientes