Field notes, v1538
Page 193
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Quail 1948 Journal 69 May 19 Trumbo, 1700 ft., Baja California. minimum temperature? shot two Cetus [illegible] this afternoon at 1:30 in a brush fence 200 yards east of our camp (#215, 216). Also shot one Roadrunner (#214) which was stirring through the leaves and debris under a small tree on a sidehill 300 yards east of here. The Roadrunner had a large Cnemidophorus tessellatus (approx 10 in long) in its gizzard. Lizards are very common here in the late morning (around 11 AM) and mid-afternoon, several Cnemidophorus of large size coming into our camp each morning while we are sleeping. During the hottest part of the day they are not as com- mon, apparently moving about much less. Other lizards seen here have been Dipsoaurus dorsalis, Galvavirus draconides, the small Sleepsaurus, and Utas and Sceloporus magister. Bufo punctatus are very common in the area about camp in the evenings. Birds are numerous in this canyon; those seen today: Lila Woodpecker, Western Scratchele, California Jay, Roadrunner, Hooded Oriole, Poorwill, American Raven, American Vulture, White-winged Dove, Mexican Dove, Zantus Hummingbird (?), Caracara, and Quail, Cactus Wren and Plainopepels. Murray and Tevis went into Town this afternoon and obtained many Tadarida mexicana and T. pleciocin luscus from the same abandoned building visited before.