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Quest
1948
Citellus beecheri
April 11 Punta San Felipe, 50+ ft, Baja California
One shot and two secured in Schuyler traps by Lloyd Lewis yesterday afternoon about 5:00 P.M. Taken in sandy draw 200 yds west of camp; one in rocks above.
April 29 Mission San Ignacio 500 ft, Baja California
Common from Laguna Secachapala to here. Dr Benson shot two of them today about 20 miles south of E1 Area in a scattered creosote region with sand soil.
May 2 Mulege 25+ ft, Baja California
About five seen along the road between here and San Ignacio.
May 8 San Jose de Comondú 700 ft, Baja California
One shot by Dr. Benson about 15 miles north of here in very desolate and sparsely vegetated lava country.
May 15 4 miles N of La Paz, Sea Level, Baja California
May 16 One female with no embryos (#175) shot at 4:00 P.M. yesterday afternoon. Was shot near shallow gulley in rocky hillside 100 yards east of camp. Plants growing nearby were Opuntia cholla, Lomboi, Creosote, Mesquite and E la phrium. It was still very warm when the animal was seen, the temperature being 101°F at about 1:30 P.M. yesterday. The cactus and bushes are well separated in that region, the intervening spaces being made up of bare fragmented porous lava rock and a little soil.