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June 17 W. end Llano de Hiley, 50+ ft., Baja California
on which the small dry plants having been
[illegible] growing in tufts. Within these hillocks numerous
mouse-burrows may be seen and their tracks
are abundant in the sand around the hillocks.
47 live traps baited with bird-seed and set
in playa and intermediate area last night caught
21 Perognathus baileyi. Dr. Benham set his live
traps in the same habitat and obtained one
Peromyscus maniculatus in addition to two Pero-
gnathus baileyi. Tevis and Murray, trapping in
the sand dunes caught Dipodomys agilis +
merriami and Perognathus baileyi + arenarum.
I caught one Dipodomys merriami in a rat trap
baited with walnut in the sand dunes last
night.
June 17 Pozo Grande, 25°46'N, 112°02'W, Baja California
Arrived here about 6 P.M. after a fast trip from
the previous location, leaving there about 1:30 P.M.
Had dinner at one of the houses and then went down
to the pool to hunt bats. Found the large pond
in about the same condition as it was previously,
the water being a little lower and of a darker
green color. The first bats seen were at 5:30 PM
and turned out to be Eptesicus fuscus which
were flying low about the Mangle dulce, Mesquite,
and other bushes in the wash. Many were seen
flying down the wash and struggling into a