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JESimpson,
1938.
2100+ ft., 45 mi. n. Hermosillo, Sonora.
May 15, 1938
Caught in mousetraps and rat-traps set on
tan-soil among grass, Palo fierro, bara blanca, and
mesquite: 13 Perognathus penicillatus (o> and 4 ?:
put up o> 372-75 and & 376-379), 1 Onychomys torridus
no emb.
(o>380), 3 Dipodomys spectabilis (2o>and 1 ?: o>381; & 382),
no emb.
5 Dipodomys merriami (2? and 3o>: o>383-84). Cheek-
pouch contents of pocket-mice and kangaroo rats saved.
Put up Mountain Towhee (Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus) (o>385)
shot yesterday, May 14, 1938.
Broke camp and drove thru Hermosillo to
925+ ft., 1 mi. SW. Hermosillo, Sonora.
Made camp here at Rancho La Regional with
permission of operators to trap. While Dr. Benson and
SeƱor Delgadillo set out gopher traps, I made a battrap
at a 35 ft-diameter water-pond - using the Borell
method by stretching wires close to the surface. The
trap was entirely
twenty satisfactory; however, there were very
few bats. A dozen or so pipistrels skimmed the water,
and three of them ticked the wire - none falling. Later
two or three larger bats appeared; one was taken, a Mexican
free-tail. This small catch is no reflection upon the
effectiveness of the Borell bat-trap, but that the region
has many potential watering places for bats, eg, irrigation
ditches, ponds, and the Rio Sonora. (cf., Costa Rica Ranch,
May 1-9, 1938
pp.66-70.
May 16, 1938.
Put up my bat, Tadarida mexicana (o>386). Then
May 15, 1938.