Field notes, v1538
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Quast 1948 Peromyscus maniculatus April 21 Agua Hedionda 32°30'N 116°16'W Baja California Three caught, 19-20°, last night in leaf debris under Redshank. Temperature dropped to 32°F during the night but specimens remained alive and active and had to be killed in the morning (#84,85,86) Live traps baited with bird seed. April 24 Mission San Fernando 1500 ft Baja California Three caught, one saved (#87) in bunch grass-tule-mesquite association in marsh below the mission. Traps were baited with walnut and set in cow paths and along edge of water. Minimum temp last night was 32°F, it was clear with a full moon. June 20 San Jorge, 51 ft, 25°44'N, 112°07'W, Baja California One male caught (#407) in 50 Museum Special traps baited with walnut and set along thin strip of mangrove N. of camp last night (see map Journal pg. 130). The mangroves in this region are from five to twenty feet deep and extend from 20 feet N. of camp to a large mangrove thicket at the north end of the estero. All the traps were set on top of accumulated mangrove leaves and debris deposited at the high-tide mark and as a result were set for the most part under the branches of the mangroves. This is the place where last nights specimen was caught. Almost a full moon last night.