Field notes, v1709
Page 181
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Weston 1946 Journal July 4 Keys View, 5000 ft. Joshua Tree Natl. Mon., Riverside Co., Calif. car and left. While at Keys View last night and this morning I saw the following birds: Desert sparrow white throated swift Turkey vulture cactus woodpecker reptiles: Uta stansburiana Xantusia vigilis Cnemidophorus tesselatus Coluber lateralis Sceloporus occidentalis mammals: Dipodomys merriami Ammospermophilus leucurus Woodrat (house only) Coyste (tracks only) Rabbit (droppings and tracks) Many small rodent burrows. Traveling a few miles down the road we stopped for 3/4 of an hour at 3/4 mi E + 1 3/4 mi N of Keys View. There we looked for Xantusia vigilis, I caught 1. Dr. S. caught 4+ and Wade caught 4+. Wade saw 8 under one group of logs. Continuing on down the road we caught (that is Dr. S. did) one Phrynosoma (crossing the road) at a point 5 miles E of Quail Spring. We arrived