Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1948 4 Journal Apr 9 Punta San Felipe Same location 501 ft, Baja California In 50 live traps caught 1♀ Perognathus spinatus, 1♂ Perognathus [illegible], 3♂, 2♀ Peromyscus crinitus. These were all on the steep talus slopes about 25 feet apart. The 10 Schuyler traps netted 2♂ 1♀ Neotoma lepida and 1♂ 1♀ Peromyscus crinitus, all of which were discarded. Reset these and left them out. They are baited with dried figs. Spent all morning and part of the afternoon putting up my specimens - laboriously because of lack of experience. The house here has proven a pleasant place in which to work. Shot a ♀ Gambelia wislizenii as it sunned itself on a rock between two rocky hills. It was rocky ground with sand no closer than 100 feet. Not less than 4 American ravens were around today and they may be seen quite frequently soaring up and down the beach looking for dead fish. Birds are not abundant here however. Dr. Benson got a Costa hummingbird. Today was warmer but still comfortable. Maximum temperature 82°. Northwest of here, or opposite the bay, and over a rocky hill is an expanse of