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Palmer
1934
Itinerary
1158 Columbia Ave., Ontario, San Bernar
dino Co., Calif.
Dec.20 At my home at the above locality set
2 gopher traps in a burrow in the
garden.
Dec.21 Caught one & Thomomys b. pallescens
in the set made last night
In the P.M. drove E 5 mi. on 4th St.
and set 30 gov.-sized mouse traps on
an sand dune in an old peach
orchard. The only plants growing here
were Russian Thistle. Then drove 2
further
mi. E and set 50 gov.-size mouse traps_
on a large sand - dune which was
overgrown with Squaw-bush (Rhus
trilobata), Rumex sp., Artemisia sp.,
Russian Thistle and green grass.
5 mi. E Ontario, 1050 ft., San Bernardino Co.,
Calif.
Dec.22 Caught 3 Dipodomys a. agilis, 4 Peromysc
cus maniculatus and 1 Reithrodontomys
m. longicaudus in 30 gov.-size mouse traps
7 mi. E Ontario, 1050 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Dec.22 Caught 1 Dipodomys a. agilis, 2 Dipodomys
m. parvus, 11 Peromyscus maniculatus
X and 1 Mus musculus in 50 traps
set here on a large sand dune.