Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1948 Journal July 1 10 mi SE Mesquital, 400± ft., Baja Calif. Exceedingly tame (jacks), and would sit and watch me at close range as long as I was willing to watch them. When chased they run a minimum distance before hiding behind a bush or even remaining in the open. Shot 1♂ Sylvilagus bachmani and 1♀ Lepus californicus. Found a group of 5 or 6 Calif. Quail, probably a family. Left 5 Schuplers out, moved 2 of them. In the evening after dark a poorwill came and alighted momentarily on the ground in camp. July 2 Same location 100 traps caught 2♂, 4♀ Perognathus arenarius, 1♂ Perognathus baileyi and 1 other which I lost in camp and set traps for; 1♀ Dipodomys merriami and 1♂, 2♀ released; 3♂, 2♀ Dipodomys agilis, all released (see sp. sect.) 5 Schuplers had 1♂, 1♀ Neotoma lepida. My other trap, still in the same hole, finally caught 1♀ Thomomys bottae. Of the above arenarius, only 3 were in very sandy ground, the others on the little plain with low bushes a substantial distance from the wash. This place was a little more productive than the rest of the terrain around it has been, though exceeded by the wash.