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Murray
1948
Journal
June 11 La Laguna, 6200±ft., Sierra de la Laguna, Baja Calif.
more open and only in spots did the trees
grow over and furnish shaded places
Also set out 6 Schnyler's, 3 in a large patch
of prickly pear out in the open in the lagoon,
and 1 each in another large patch and 2 small
ones next to the woods. Left the mouse traps set.
In the evening there were more small
bats and fewer large ones, with not many
of either. Shot 1♂ Pipistrellus hesperus.
Eptesicus did not fly until near dark; then
two were feeding in one spot and I shot 1♂.
June 12 Same location.
Caught 4 Peromyscus truei (3♀,1♂) and the
tail and hindquarters of another. Possibly
a shrew had eaten it. In the Schnyler's caught
1♂, 2♀, 1 discarded, each in a separate clump
of cactus. Left the mouse traps set in place.
Now I have seen two kinds of mice; as
near as I can tell they are solitary and
(Hutton's), though the latter is indefinite.
Have spent quite a bit of time turning over
rocks on the chance that there might be salamanders.
The Hylas are very numerous under the many
granite rocks along the streams. Found
what must be a grasshopper sparrow
out in the open.
In the afternoon checked my traps and