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Quest
1948
Journal
56
May 8 San Jose de Comondu 700 ft. Baja California
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down into a deep arroyo with a narrow
strip of palm tree and fields growing
down its center. Seen in the lava was
one Citellus leucurus and one Red-Tailed
Hawk. White-winged Doves were common along
the shores of Bahia Concepcion
May 9 Same Location. Minimum temp. last night was
54°F. Temperature at time of writing (11:00 A.M.) is
76°F.
Saw three Citellus atricapillus this
morning in rocks near reading road leading
into town from the north. Dr. Benam shot
one from a different location.
Shot one Streptosaurus and one Cnemido-
sphorous this morning in N.W. side of arroyo.
The Streptosaurus (#160) was shot while squatting
motionless against the side of a large boulder
in a boulder pile beneath cliffs N.W. of town.
Several others were wounded, but they could
not be recovered from the rock spaces. The
Cnemidophorus was one of many seen
in the boarder zone between large lava
boulders and the sand of the arroyo floor -
again N.W. of town.
There are pictographs drawn with a red pigment
on the cliff faces N.W. of town.
Dr. Benam shot a Pipistrellus lepusus that