Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1948 39 Journal Apr 28 30 mi SE Mesquital, 600 ± ft, Baja California the teries fixed. This afternoon spent about 1½ hours hunting. Saw 2 jack rabbits and 1 brush rabbit, also 23 Callisaurus draconoides and 5 Cnemidophorus tesselatus. Shot one each of the lizards. Also got 1 Gambelia wislizenii. This is the first place we have been that Callisaurus was the more common. It is worthy of note that no swifts of any kind were found. All of the lizards were on the packed rocky ground, more commonly in open areas. Apr 29 Same location Off to an early start this morning about 8. Dr. Benson saw what he believed was a gray fox shortly after. We went into El Arco and beat around the thatched palm roofs of several buildings for bats; caught two [Mysticoplans] also looked around in the mine shaft but found nothing. The mine is not operating now and there are just a few people living there, doing a little haphazard mining. Got 1 Uta stansburiana and 1 Callisaurus draconoides from some boys. For about 40 miles the terrain was