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JESimpson, 1938
35.
900+ft., [illegible] mi. s. Crater Elegante, 34 mi. w. Sonora, Sonora
March 27, 1938, continued.
200+ft. above the desert floor, 500-600 ft. deep, and
about a mile in diameter. This is by far the largest
and most beautiful of the craters seen in the
region. (Rain storms on Sierra Pinacate but only find cubs here)
Evidence of mountain sheep was ever-present
inside the rim from dropping, tracks, trails, and
some beds. The latter I reached after some bit of
perilous foot-work on a large ledge overhanging
a clear 400+ ft. drop; near the beds the dropping
were more numerous on the surface of the
ground than the pebbles. This is by no means
the only sign of mountain sheep in the vicinity; on
the lava fields, in the washes, and smaller hills
are dropping and tracks commonly. No live sheep
were seen, however. At Cerro Colorado and Paso
McDougal some fresh sheep tracks and droppings
also seen (as were for coyote, too). Coyote tracks and
drops are seen every day on the road and trap-lines.
Senor Delgadillo traps almost every night for them
but as yet without success. Badgers are not un-
commonly evidenced by diggings; in the two miles
[illegible] so round-trip to the crater I counted 10 badger
hols, and have seen them on the borders of the washes.
On the way back from the crater I shot a
Rufous Humming bird (o88, March 28, 1938) which, with others,
was feeding at the ochotillo blossoms(which are commonly
almost