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Oct 1931
Oak Spring, 6000 ft., Nye Co., Nev.
May 24, 1931
Left Camp 3 1/2 mi. NE Beatty last night at 6:30 P.M. Went 30 mi. south through Amargosa Desert, then turned east towards Wahwee. Camped at NW base of Skull Mtn., 3500 ft. Hall and myself set out to trap in brush and along dry washes. The country was fairly level about camp, but surrounded at a distance by mountains.
This morning traps contained 6 Dipodomys merriami and 9 Peregrathus fremontii. Packed them and set out for Oak Spring. Hall shot a yellow-headed Blackbird which was perched on a Yucca tree out in the open desert. Captured one gopher snake on the road near Yucca Pass, and another 2 mi. SE of Oak Spring.
Day sunny and warm.
Specimens collected at NW base Skull Mountain, 3500 ft., Nye Co., Nev.
# 106 Dipodomys merriami ♀ 255-149-38-14
4 embryos.
# 107 Dipodomys merriami ♀ 243-145-36-14
3 embryos.