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Murray
1948
5
Journal
Apr 9 Punta San Felipe, 50±ft, Baja California
sandy desert terrain. Here is much
ocotillo, some creosote and an occasional
copal trees. Encelia is present as it is
over much of the flatter areas. Kangaroo
rat tracks were everywhere.
Put out 50 live mouse traps on rocky
hillides, this time much of it hard volcanic
rock with a few bushes scattered throughout.
Did not go as high as before.
Tonight hunted among the rocks with
a flashlight for geckos but with no success.
Apr 10 Same location
In 10 Schuyler traps, about the same
location, took only 2 Peromyscus crinitus,
1♀ and 1 discarded. In 50 live traps,
2♂ Peromyscus crinitus, 1♂3♀ Perognathus
formosus, 1♂ 2♀ Perognathus spinatus.
It took me all day just to skin these.
Dr. Benson's steel traps have taken one coyote
to date. This morning one had been carried off.
Today Lewis shot one and trapped two
ditillus leucurus which seem moderately common.
The natives report the presence of rabbits
and skunks, though none of either have been
seen.
Several kangaroo rats were released
in the morning, and shortly after one was