Field notes, v1502
Page 195
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Murray 1948 63 Journal May 14 4 mi N La Paz, S.L., Baja California camp, running first up a small draw and then across a section with numerous boulders. The distance between traps was 50-60 feet. Among these boulders were a number of wood rat nests with droppings present. Set out 7 Schnyders, each in front of such a nest and baited with both dried fruit and a few rolled oats. In the morning I hunted for lizards. Shot 1 Uta stankeburiana in the sand among calicornia. Also shot a Uta (*159) which was unfamiliar but may be nigricanda. This was well up on the rocky hillside, flattened against an ironwood branch. When disturbed it ran along the branch, than jumped to another. I shot at it and missed, after which it appeared running on the trunk of the tree. It made no attempt to leave the tree. While setting out traps I shot a Cnemidophorus hypenithrus among the rocks. Today I have heard and seen plumbeous gratcatcher and ash-throated flycatcher, both on the hillside. It reached 101° today and now in the evening is very warm