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Palmer
1935
Itinerary
Aug.8
Ontario, 1100 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Made 2 sets for gophers in the yard at my home 1158 Columbia Ave., Ontario last night.
This morning found 1 Thomomys bottae in the 2 sets. Took in both sets.
In the evening (6 P.M.) drove E on 4th St.
7 mi. Set traps at a place designated as
7 mi. E Ontario, 1050 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Set 50 gov.-size mouse traps across a low sand dune on the S side of the road.
The dune is very fine sand with scattered low plants of Ambrosia psilo-
stachya, Oenothera pallida var.californica,
Nicotiana bigelovii, Salsola kali, Croton
californicus, and Amaranthus gracilans?
Traps set 15 paces apart by plants.
Aug.9. 7 mi. E Ontario, 1050 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif.
At 6 A.M., 50 gov.-size mouse traps on the sand dune held mammals of the following species: Dipodomys agilis, 1;
Dipodomys merriamii, 1; Peromyscus manicul-
atua, 5; and Reithrodontomys megalotis, 3.
Jurupa Mts., 850 ft. 6 3/4 mi. N Riverside Riverside Co., Calif.
Aug 14 In the evening, drove SK from Ontario to the above locality where I set 40 gov.-size mouse traps. Traps set 15 paces apart about 1/3 in the sandy bottom