Field notes, v1538
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Quast 1948 Journal 5 April 10 Punta San Felipe, 50+ ft, Baja California Minimum temperature reading morning of April 9 was 66 F, maximum yesterday was 82 1/2 F in the shade. Live traps yesterday caught 1 Pero- grathus spinatus, 3 Perognathus formosus, 5 Peromyscus crinitus. Yesterday a clear warm day with a cool breeze from the east. Shot a Lipestrelles leporinus at dusk flying over the beach with 3 or 4 others of the same species. While we were skinning last night in one room of the cabin 2 Tadarida mexicana flew into the room (10:30 PM & 11:00 P.M.) and were secured by Dr. Benson. Dr. Benson killed two Crotalus cerastes in a sand gulley where he was setting traps for Coyotes; Rattle- snakes were killed about midnight last night. 7:40 P.M. Minimum temperature last night minimum was 68 1/2 F, Maximum today was 80 1/2 F at 1:00 P.M. although the temperature has crisen to 80 1/2 at the time of writing after dropping to 80 this afternoon. Ten Schuyler traps set last night in