Field notes, v1512
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Palmer 1935 Itinerary Sugarloaf Peak, Berkeley (cont'd.) Feb.27 contd. Latter 2 species were taken in the grass- on the west side of the peak, with the exception of one Reithrodontomys taken rather far down the hillside in mixed Artemisia and Baccharis Mar.23 Left Berkeley at 11 AM with A.R Palmer and E.H Bailey and drove via U.S Highway 99 thru Tracy, Modesto, Fresno, Strathmore, Bakersfield to Pasadena where turned S on U.S Highway 66 and drove to my home at 1158 Columbia Ave, Ontario, San Bernardino Co, Calif. at 4:30 AM. Mar.24. Mar.24 In P.M. drove N to Upland and then NE to Red Hill. At a point designated as: Red Hill, 1350 ft., 2 mi. NE Upland, San Bernardino, Calif., set 10 gopher traps in 5 sets in an uncultivated field of black peaty soil thickly over- grown with black mustard, barley, clover, and alfilaria (Erodium). Mar.25 Red Hill, 1350 ft., 2 mi. NE Upland San Bernardino Co, Calif. Caught 5 gophers in 5 sets. Two were taken in one set and one set was un- touched, so was left out. Shot one young brush-rabbit on the W side of