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Murray
1948
140
Journal
July 2 10 mi SE Mesquital, 400 ± ft., Baja Caliy.
Set 50 live traps not far from camp, still
trying to get baileyi which is not too common.
Distance between traps has been consistently
35-40 feet. Left out 3 Schuylers, 2 in new
locations, and 2 now set on the bank in
front of holes.
July 3 Same location
50 traps caught 3♂, 1♀ Perognathus arenarius,
2♂, 1♀ Perognathus baileyi (1 was caught in
an extra trap by camp, probably the one lost
yesterday), 1♂ Dipodomys agilis, 2♂, 2♀
Dipodomys merriami. These arenarius
show that they definitely, though infrequently,
do live on the hard gravelly ground far
from the washes.
This evening did not put out mouse traps,
but set 7 Schuylers, 1 on the bank and the
rest beside stick houses
Saw a brountownie beside the wash
in the evening. Shot 1♂ Lepus californicus,
again very tame, and in the same place
I have found most of the others.
The weather is back to normal and
following the old pattern of high morning
fog lifting by 9 or 10, wind from the
northwest in the afternoon, and a cold damp
night.