Field notes, v1513
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Palmer 1936 Itinerary July cont'd. Pancho Cr., 2 mi. S E Pancho (cont'd) bank of the stream bottom. July 5. The 65 mus. spec. mouse traps at 6 A.M. held 33 mammals of the following species: Dipodomys curmanni, 18 (6♂, 12♀); Onychomys torridus, 4 (all ♀); Peromyscus maniculatus, 11 (6♂, 5♀). Shot 2 Texas Nighthawks as they were resting on bare ground between Atriplex bushes. About 3 P.M., drove E on the Mendota road with Johnson. At the place where the road just crosses Pancho Cr., found tule all along the creek. Stopped there and hunted about 1/2 hr. Shot 2 Redwinged Blackbirds and saw several more. Johnson shot 1 Say Phoebe and 1 Brewer Blackbird. The latter to reported as being one of a mixed flock of Redwings and Brewers. Continued on up the road, stopping once to try to shoot some Ammospermophilus, to a divide. There we turned left (N) up the ridge for about a mile. Stopped + set 50 mus. spec. mouse traps. Traps set 15-20 steps apart on a ridge + down a gully on adobe soil with very sparse, low vegetation. July 6. 6 mi. E Pancho [San Benito Co.], 1400 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. In 49 mus. spec. mouse traps caught