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Murray
1948
Journal
June 2 6 mi N San Jose del Cabo, 250 ft., Baja Calif.
evidence of where they live. I shot one.
In the afternoon Dr. Benson and Jervis
went to look at a bat cave. I put out 10
gopher traps. 5 of these were in the sand
near camp, where a number of mounds
were present. It was difficult to tell which
were fresh. The other 5 were in a corn
field with tall rows of corn growing. Parts
of the field were well irrigated and it was
here that several fresh workings were found,
in which I set the 5 other traps.
We are not shooting any more bats here
as long as they are the now common species.
Put out 50 live traps in the sand near
camp. Part were bordering the patches of
tamajo ceniza and other shrubs, and the
rest among scattered bushes or dry brush
piles.
The weather here and in this vicinity
has been quite humid, with occasional
cloouds. The maximum daytime temperatures
run around 90°
June 3 Same location
In the live traps caught 3 ♀, 2 ♂ Perognathus
spinatus, 1 ♂ Dipodomys merriami. Most
of these were among the scattered bushes
and the dry brush piles.