P. PEARSON 1952 26 Time Temp Humidity 6:00 34° 78% 7:00 38 92 8:00 42 92 8:45 46 84 10:00 57 57 11:45 48 72 Time Temp Humidity 1:15 50° 64% cloudy 2:00 52 58 " 3:00 52 64 sunny but cloude 4:00 48 68 cloudy 5:00 40 84 bad 6:00 37 7:00 36 Jan 16 Temp at 5:45 am. 34°, at 7:30 38°. I got in traps near bus. Much trap-watching & hunting in morning, for shrews and two-dragging in afternoon. Very little rain in afternoon until very dark, then considerable rain-show. Jan 17 Nice sunny morning, heavy hail about 3 p.m., suffered being calm with some clear sky. Walked up to the Tuarroon desert after lunch (much photo in a.m.) to dig around the big isolated Festuca clumps. Many two tunnels in 2 dugies, and 2 nests of chopped coarse grass (Festuca). Droppings mixed with the grass. No young or food. Out in the middle of this desert found sitting on top of the sand one egg - most likely burallata. Set about 20 museum species across & around my census area. 13 gopher traps + 2 foti still set. Jan 18 Weather strictly normal. Hml about 4 p.m. Evening no precipitation. Only 1 mouse trap opening and this dropped off a short way by foot. Foti tracks all around. Did 2 censuses of 3-foot square plots in desert - one on two corners and one after hundred yards south of bus. In the latter 3-foot area were 17 "carrot" plants which weighed 71 grams after shaking the sand off. This doesn't include 6 little seedlings not weighed