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E.V. Miller
1940
33
General Account
to the birds seen yesterday I saw Desert Sparrow,
Poorwill, and Nighthawks, Plumbeous Cratcatcher
(found a nest of this with 3 eggs), and Shrikes.
In the afternoon I collected another Creimidophorus
replineatus, 2 of a different species of ''
a Bewick Wren, Desert Sparrow, and a Plumbeous
Cratcatcher. In the evening I set 2 double sets
for gophers, 10 traps for rats and 50 for mice.
May 27 Took in my traps 2 ♂ Geonys sp., 4 ♀, 1♂ Dipodomys
merianus, 1♀, 3♂ Dipodomys ordii and 1♂
Perognathus penicillatus. Delgadillo took in his
traps 2♂ Peromyscus sp., 3♂ Perognathus penicillatus,
1♀ Nestoma albiqua, 1♂, 1♀ Dipodomys spectabilis,
2 ♂, 1♀ Geonys sp. and 1♂, 1♀ Pipilo fuscus.
In the afternoon I collected the eggs, 3 in each set,
fresh, of a Brown Towhee and a Plumbeous Cratcatcher.
(?)
Also a Traild Flycatcher, a Bewick Wren, a Red-
shafted Flicker, and a Silvilagus sp. Saw in
addition Raven, Mourning Dove, and Boat-tailed
Grackles. In the afternoon, our car repaired, we
drove on through to Ventura and 5 miles north
we came to a small ranch called San Juan
Departamento, in Coachilla. Then In the after-
noon I set out 50 traps for mice and 5 for gophers.
Delgadillo set out 50 for mice, 10 for gophers,
and 10 for rats.
May 28, I took in my traps 2♂ Geonys sp., 1♂