Field notes, v1615
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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