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Palmer /1934
Collected one Uta p. stansburiana.
In the evening collected #Toads - Bufo
boreas and two Spadefoot toads - Scaphio-
pus hammondii with E.R. Hall in
The shallow stream near camp
July 10 Drove from camp to the north end of
Walker Lake, 8 mi. SE Schurz, 4100 ft.
Mineral Co., Nev. Here on the muddy
shore of the lake I shot one Snowy
Plover.
At camp made six sets for gophers
in moist soil along the stream. Mounds
were usually between the very moist edge
of the stream and the dry sand of surround-
ing country.
July 11. Caught two gophers - Thomomys bottae
and shot a young & Badger by the
stream. Also caught a specimen of
Thamnophis in the grass by the stream
side.
Description of camp 3 mi. S Schurz, 4100 ft.
Mineral Co., Nev.
Camp was located in a grove of large
Cottonwood trees 40-60 ft. high which cover-
ed the higher banks of the stream. The
stream, which ran southwest of camp was
rather small, slow running with sandy