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Quast
1948
Journal
16
April 15 Cerro De Centinela 300 ft 13 mi WSW Mexicali,
Baja California.
were put up by Teve & Murry and are listed
in their catalogs under this date. The bait
for the live traps was ground corn, the only
one available at the time. Traps set tonight
also use ground corn for bait.
In the two nights we have been here, we
have seen no bats flying at dusk, but
five nighthawks were seen last night at
dusk. Flies are very numerous in the
daytime, but so far have seen no mos-
quitoes at this location. Bats may be
heard "chirp"ing overhead at the time of
writing. The nearest water is an irrigation
ditch approx 5 miles down the road (east)
of here.
Superdemya muriami are common in
the wastes low on the slope which contain
sand, but their place is taken by the
Perognathus on the slopes of more gradual
and gravel. Perognathus (presumable) .
mounds & holes may be seen around Encle,
and Creosote bushes.
The hill north of us is about 800 ft
above us and of a mixture of dark volcanic
rocks and granite with heavy quartz
veining on its face. Again, it is completely