Field notes, v1513
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Palmer 1936 Itinerary June 15 Loni S New India, 3700 ft., cont'd. cont'd. Brown Jotter in the Digger Pines. Tried to get a canyon when which was seen on the rocky cliff of the canyon side but failed. There I also saw Red-tailed Hawk (apparently nesting on the cliff), Cliff Swallows, Linnets. Found a broken skull of a Gray Fox at the foot of the cliff. In the trees around the flat also saw Calif Jays and Mourning Doves. Set a line of 28 gor size mousetraps running through the Chrysotamnus and dry grass. Most of the traps were set on hard bare ground under the Chrysotamm nus bushes. About 8 were set in the grassy flat. In the evening, on the way back, shot a Borwill in the road just below the reservoir. June 16 Johnson examined my traps this A.M. 1936 + found mammals of the following species 13 Peromyscus maniculatus (8♂, 4♀, 1?) 2 Dipodomys lemmanni (1ad♂, 1f♀) 1 Reithrodontomys m. longicaudus ♀. In the afternoon shot 1 Hairy Woodpecker from a Coulter Pine near camp. Hunted for Black-chinned Sparrows in the