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Murray
1948
Journal
June 20 San Jorge, 25° 44' N, 112° 07' W, Baja Calif.
♂♂, ♀♀ Peromyscus maniculatus. Again,
these were mostly dry, although 3 had been
dewed on, probably by crabs.
We have had little time here for anything
but putting out traps and getting up
specimens.
This time put the live traps along the
low salt marsh bushes fringing the high ide mark, and also the small scattered
bushes in sand just behind them.
Took the snap traps along the shore side
of the mangroves, and found that here they
grew much larger, with thick trunks and
branches. There were several open spaces
where I could walk in among them,
and here set several traps, all in trees
3 or 4 feet off the ground or on mesembryan-
themum growing matted on the branches.
There was soft sticky mud, already about
to be washed over by the tide. Some other
traps were set in patches of marsh grass
which grew out beyond the mangroves and
were standing in water much of the time.
Placed them on piles of dried stems which
had washed up into a higher, firm mass.
Took the rest of the traps around to the other
side and put them up off the ground on