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Murray
1948
Petrognathus spinatus
May 7 Bahía Concepción, sea level, 13 mi SE Mulegé, Baja Calif.
were on the rocky flatter part which led
up the hill previously trapped on. These
cought nothing but about 9 out of 10 were
sprung in one part of the line.
May 8 Rancho Cadaje, SW end Bahía Concepción, Baja Calif.
50 live traps were set mostly among
thick brushes called dulce mangroves
which grew in a belt along the shore
May 10 San José de Comondú, 700 ft., Baja Calif.
Cought 1♂ in the 50 live traps on
the slope SW of town. This was a surface
of lava rock on which grew, pitahaya,
pitahaya dulce, cardones, lumbos, ocotillo
and other bushes moderately thick. The
traps were low on the slope, just above
a row of houses.
May 13 4 mi N La Paz, S.L., Baja California
Caught 1♂ in 50 live traps set on
rocky hillside, where there were a
number of boulders also. Several
kinds of brush and cactus growing
there. Yesterday caught 2 Peromyscus
cremicus there (see journal)
May 17 Trunfo, 1700 ft., Baja California
This time had traps along a brush
fence which enclosed a sandy corral
150 x 60 yds. This was surrounded by