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Palmer
1934
Itinerary
1158 Columbia Ave., Ontario, Saw Bernardino
Co., Calif.
Dec. 22 In P.M. set 3 gopher traps in a burrow
with fresh mounds in a vacant lot across
the street from my home.
Dec. 23 Caught 1 & Thomomys b. pallescens in the
gopher set made last night.
In P.M. drove E on 5th St. about 1 mi.
Few in a wash set 30 gopher-sized mouse
traps. The ground was sandy, gravelly
or rocky and was sparsely covered with
low bushes of Artemisia, Senecio douglasii,
Eriogonum fasciculatum, Lotus glabra
and Sambucus glauca. In some places the
ground was matted with Erodium and
low grass.
Examined the traps at 10 P.M. and found
they had caught mammals of the following
species: 1 Dipodomys agilis and 3 Peromys-
cus maniculatus.
Dec. 24 1/2 mi. N.E. Ontario, 1100 ft. Saw Bernardino Co., Calif.
In the 30 mouse traps found only 1 Pero-
myscus maniculatus. It appears that the
small rodents here must feed early in the
evening, here, as indicated by the larger
catch between 6 P.M. and 10 P.M. than between
10 P.M. and 6 A.M.