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Salt
1947
Journal
Cottonwood Spring, Elev. 3000', Riverside Co., Calif.
April 29 (cont.)
think it is a species of Pipistrellus.
Also caught a specimen of the omnipresent Uta stansburiana but let it go again.
Caught two live specimens of Bufo
(probably punctatus) in the moist ground
at the base of the palms. Many more
present. Their call is a high pitched
trill. It started about 7:15 PM, when
complete darkness had just begun. It
is now 9:45 and they are silent although
that may be due to the fact that we
have been hunting them.
April 30
got up and looked for birds in the immediate
vicinity of the spring. The bushes and palms
are alive with small birds, warblers, finches,
and sparrows. Collected a Lincoln Sparrow
there. Saw a Spinus p. psaltria but didn't
succeed in collecting it. Spent the rest
of the morning putting up the bat I
shot last night. Mary and Vincent came
back from a walk with two live
chuckawallas they had noosed about
1/4 mi east of the spring. Spent the
first part of the afternoon observing female
costa hummers. and the latter half,
putting up the SKIN of the Lincoln
Sparrow. In the evening checked on the