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Murray
1948
Journal
May 30 El Chorro, 800 ft., 2 mi. W Agua Caliente (Cape District) Baja Calif.
Today went out last night had put out 20 live traps
late in the evening along the rocky bank next to the
road. However none were occupied.
Today went hunting snakes and lizards in
the rocky wash. There were a scattering of
large granite boulders among the many others
and on these saw several Sceloporus magister
and Streptosaurus thalassina. Cnemidophorus
hyperythrus was fairly numerous in both
the wash and hillside. Saw several Callisaurus
draconoides in more open sandy places. Cnemidophorus
maximus is the most common lizard and
appears just about everywhere. One side of
the wash was thickly grown with Palo zozule
and had leaves and dead branches lying on
the ground. Stumbled around here for shrubs
but saw none. Was able to find no snakes.
Urosaurus microscutatus was numerous
on tree limbs and bushes.
In the evening went several hundred
feet up the canyon to shoot bats. They began
to fly in numbers at about 6:40, all very
high and all flying downward off the hills.
After a while some came low enough to
shoot at. Many congregated about a sharp
ridge high on the slope above us, circling
around it. We could pick out the Jalanda