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Smiley
1936
Aug.11 Last night set out 35 mouse traps
in dunes of windblowable sand
12 mi. SE Overton, 1200ft. Clark Co. Nisi.
Mesquite predominant vegetation.
Dunes as high as five feet
and 20 feet across accumulated
under mesquite. Terrain flatish
& at base of west-facing slope
Sand light tan in color.
Mesquite beans (pods) lying thickly
around under M. bushes. Evidence
of extensive rodent harvest.
This especially true near
burrows of Dipodomys deserti.
Caught 1 D. deserti, 3 D. merriami
and 1 Perognathus sp.
Set 30 mouse traps near
base of Afalati rock:
Valley of Fire, 12mi. SW Overton,
Clark Co., Nev. Area of reddish
sand. Color of dilute rose red.
Sand windblowable in dunes -
vegetation not noted, though
dune structure was caused by
accumulation under plants-shrubby
10-30 feet between these
shrubby plants. Dunes at base
of precipitous red sandstone rock_
200 feet high. At dusk shot
3 Pipistrellus flying over this
dune area.
Aug. 12 Caught 1 Dipodomys deserti,
2 D. merriami and 2 Peromyscus
crinitus. CCC enrollee Clark gave
me a chuckawalla collected
2 1/2 mi. E St. Thomas, 1180 ft. Clark Co., Nev.