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E.V. Miller
1940
34.
General Account
Dipodomys spectabilis, 3 ?, 1? Dipodomys merriami,
4?, 2 ? Dipodomys ordii. Delgadillo took in his
traps 2 ?, 2 ? Geomys sp., 1 ?, 1 ? Peromyscus sp., 1 ?
Rheithrodotmups megalotus, 2? Peromyscus maniculatus,
1 ?, 1? Neotoma albigula, 3?, 2? Perozrathus penicillatus,
2?, 3? Dipodomys ordii, and 1 ? Dipodomys merriami.
In the afternoon we drove into the state of Coahuila,
through la Ventura and 5 miles north of it
camped at a small ranch, San Juan Nepomuceno.
There is a prairie dog city here, about a half mile
wide and a mile or more in length. I shot four,
1 ? and 3 ?. A person can walk up to within
20 to 30 feet of these animals, so there is no need
to waste ammunition at long range as we did at
first. In the afternoon I collected 2 ?, 1? ?
Cynomys mexicanus, [collected] a set (3) of eggs of a
May 29 Curve-billed Thrasher. I set 50 traps for mice
in low sparse creosote brush, and near cholla
cactus. I saw Dipodomys spectabilis mounds.
Saw also Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Silvilagus sp,
Desert Sparrows, Turkey Vulture, Kingbird (western?)
Barn Swallow, and Boat-tailed Grackle.
May 30
May 24 Took in my traps 3 Dipodomys merriami and 3
Dipodomys ordii. In the afternoon we drove
north toward Saltillo. Along the road I collected
a ? Citellus spilosoma. We saw Cynomys citis'
a ? about 19 and 24 miles north of la Ventura,