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Palmer
1934
Itinerary
1 mi. NE Upland, 1350 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Aug 11 Drove from Ontario N to Upland
and then NE 1 mi. to Red Hill.
This is just east of a dry wash area
which was trapped. The soil varied
from fine sand to rocky boulders.
Plant association was Lower Sonoran
with White Sage, Artemisia, Bay +
(Prunus ilicifolia), dry grass
and Sycamore trees. Here set 45
traps in a line at 15-20 ft. intervals.
Aug 12 Caught 4 Dipodomys agilis and 3
Peromyscus s. solitus. In the 45 traps.
In P.M. drove 5 mi. E Ontario on
4th St. to a large sand dune. The
dune is made up of fine sand
and is about 1/2 mi. long and
50 ft wide. Plants which grow
rather thickly on it are Sunflower,
Russian Thistle and Squaw-Bush
(Rhus trilobata). Here set 70 traps
in a line at intervals of 10-20 ft.
Aug 13 Drove E Ontario, 1050 ft. San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Caught mammals of the following
species: 3 Dipodomys m. parvus,
3 Dipodomys sp?, 4 Dipodomys agilis
and 11 Peromyscus maniculatus.
In the evening drove south from
Ontario about 7 mi. to Prado, where