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JESimpson, 1938
50.
1775+ ft., 8 mi.s San Luis, 34 mi. nw Caborca, Sonora.
April 13, 1938
Caught in area adjacent to and similar to that of
last night's trap-line: Perognathus intermedius (♀157; no emb;
cheek-pouches empty), 1 Perognathus baileyi (♂/158; cheek-pach
contents saved), and 4 Peromyscus eremicus (407-5).
Broke camp and drove toward Caborca; camped:
1000+ ft., 10 mi. nw Caborca, Sonora
April 13, 1938, continued.
Set out 50 mousetraps and 7 rat-traps on rocky
and calve traps
hill among palo verde, creosote, and torote; 50 live trapson wash-banks
(in bloom)
April 14, 1938.
Caught 4 Perognathus intermedius (♂/161, 162; ♀/163, 164) (in bloom)
(cheek-pouch contents saved) and two Neotoma albigula (♀/159, 160)
Noemb
Both woodrats had bot-fly larvae on throat. (live-traps empty).
Broke camp and drove to Caborca where we sought
a welder to fix the truck; no adequate apparatus available;
so drove out of town and made camp:
925+ ft., 1 mi.e. Caborca, Sonora.
April 14, 1938, continued.
Set out 50 mousetraps in dense mesquite.
April 15, 1938.
Caught 6 Perognathus penicillatus (all ♀/5: 165, 166, 167).
Señor Delgadillo caught a round-tailed ground-squirrel which I
catalogued (168 & no emb). Cheek-pouch contents of mice saved. Shot
two lizards from mesquite branches. (169, 170).
Dr. Benson drove the truck to Miña Juarez, near Trajitos,
where the rear-chassis shackles were brazed to the axle. While