Field notes, v1616
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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.