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Quest
1948
Journal
66
May 17 Triumph 1200 ft Baja California
Minimum temperature last night was 59° F, maximum today was 97°. It was quite cloudy to the west last evening with a high, thin overcast today. A breeze from the west arose at about 2 P.M.
Our camp is located about 1 mile by road east of the municipal water tank at Triumph. We are camped beneath a large Mesquite tree in the wash bottom next to what was a cornfield with a brush fence surrounding it.
47 live traps set out last evening around inside of brush fence mentioned above caught 6 ♂ Perognathus spinatus and one ♀, and 1 ♂ and 1♀ Perognathus baylei (#187-195 incl.). Fence encloses a sandy field at the bottom of the wash. Field is about 100 yards long and 50 yards wide. The higher parts of the fence are built upon rocky ground, the lower parts in sand. Perognathus spinatus were caught within 20 feet of the rocky portions; one baylei was caught in the center under a bush about 100 feet from rocky ground. Tevis caught 4 Cletillus laevius under brushes within fence near or on rocky ground this afternoon.
Caught one Bufo punctatus (#196) last night at 9:00 PM in rocky area on side hill 100 yds from camp (south) and about 200 yards