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Murray
1948
3
Perognathus spinatus
May 5 Bahía Concepción, 50± ft., Baja Calif. - 13 mi SE Mulegé
Had out 50 museum special mouse traps
on a hillside of brown volcanic rock,
some large covering it densely. There was
some ocotillo, copal, creosote with other
thorny bushes. The line crossed two draws.
Caught 2 ♂ 4 ♀ and 1 discarded, most of the
catch being down in the draws.
Also got 5 Peromyscus eremicus and
2 Neotoma lepida. The interval between
traps was about 50 ft.
May 6 Same location
This time put out 50 live traps in almost
the same place, but running up both sides
of the large draw. The terrain was the
same, save having denser vegetation.
Took 4 ♂ 4 ♀, with the catch very predominantly
on the [west] slope where the line was a
little deeper in the canyon. (running N-S)
There were also 4 Peromyscus eremicus.
May 7 Same location, sea level.
Put the traps in a variety of locations:
15 along the base of the cliffs by the road
and in salicornia which caught 2; 5 in
salt marsh with more Salicornia caught
1 though within 30 ft. of rocks. 15 in
an area of shell fragments extending up
the hillside into the rocks caught 1, 15 more