Field notes, v1532
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Peterson 1935 Eutamias m. scutator, 8 Perognathus p. olivaceus and 10 Peromyscus m. sonoriensis like from Lye Creek Canyon to point between Road & Lye creeks, along rock cliffs & on talus slope. Fair view of adjacent terrain obtained - valley with flat-topped mesas & mountains in background to east, spur of Santa Rosa Mountains with few high peaks to west, main Santa Rose Mountain range to north & south. Lye & Road creeks seen & follow tortuous course down & v in valley. Various birds noted in more or less abundance in bottom of Lye Creek Canyon - rubins, house wrens, mountain chickadees, green-tailed towhee, couple humming birds, and one or two other unrecognized species as well as an unidentified small woodpecker. One chickadee, one green-tailed towhee and one Eutamias m. scutator shot in canyon bottom- latter on rock slide. One Calospermophilus lateralis and 3 Eutamias m. scutator shot on ridge between Road & Lye creeks. Skulls blown on return to camp. Skins prepared of one Neotoma c. cinerea, one Zapus, 3 Perognathus p. olivaceus, 2 Eutamias m. scutator, and 3 Peromyscus m. sonoriensis.