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TESimpson,
1938.
Tepachi, Sonora.
May 23, 1938, continued.
water. In pool (less than 3 ft. sq.) collected 20 minnows
which I catalogued (416).
Drove on 8.2 miles to Divisadero, 3.1 miles to
La Noria, and 5.7 miles more to make camp in
arroyo near dark-lava hills:
2550 ft., lava bed, 19 mi. SE Moctezuma, Sonora.
May 23, 1938, continued.
Set out 44 mouse-traps and 17 rat-traps on
sides (in thick brush) and top (light brush) of dark-lava
hill and 50 live-traps in arroyo: wash and its banks.
May 24, 1938.
Caught on side of lava hill in thick brush
4 Perognathus goldmani (♂ 418, ♂ jv 419, ♀ 420, ♀ 421;
cheek-pouch contents saved), 4 Peromyscus eremicus
(♂ 422, ♀ 423, ♀ 424, ♀ 425 (molting)), and 1 Neotoma
albigula (♂ jv. 426; black pelage); on hill-top in light
brush 1 Perognathus barleyi (♂ 417; cheek-pouch contents saved)
and 2 Peromyscus eremicus (not saved): in live-traps in the
arroyo 5 Perognathus penicillatus and 1 Perognathus
barleyi (♀ 430 which gave birth to two young (427, 428) in
the live-trap and one later in a packing box (429).
Set 17 rat-traps on side of rocky hill and
50 live-traps on top; set 44 mouse-traps on rocky hill
(not lava but light brown rock) near the lava hill with a
heavy mesquite arroyo between the hills.
Shot two Gambel's Quail for table; crops empty.