Field notes, v1538
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Quest 1948 Journal 56 May 8 San Jose de Comondu 700 ft. Baja California ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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