Field notes, v1708
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Journal were present in a ravine ~ .6 mi E of road. These animals have good cryptic colloration especially when in course sand or in shade of a shrub. They must also have a high optimum body temperature since they will loaue in mid day. They are hard to spot until they flush, when the usually run for shrubs, or slopes, or burrows in slopes. When alert, their forelimbs are held vertically alongside the body while only the lower hind leg is vertical and the upper hind legis hori- zontal to the body. One solitary swallowtail butter-fly (Papilio?) was seen. Either due to good light or actual pig- ment, the yellow appeared to be very rich and vivid. The only possible food or moisture were some blooming compositals in the ravines. Swainsons Hawk flew by, foraging along and within the deeper ravines. Bird was flying fast, seen in afternoon.