Field notes, v1724
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A.C.ZIEGLER 1957 JOURNAL 2 mi. N, 2 mi. E McKITTRICK, KEAN CO., CANAD. JUNE 13. ARRIVED HERE ABOUT 8:00 AM AFTER LEAVING BEAUCHY ABOUT 10:00 AM. SET OUT 67 MVS. SEE'S 6 RAT TAILS IN HARD-PACKED DUSTY SANDY SOIL SHOWING NUMEROUS (DIPO?) BURROWS. GROUND BASE TYPE OF SHRUB WITH SPINES ON ENDS OF BRANCHES & SMALL LEATHERY GREY-GREEN LEAVES. SHRUBS MOSTLY SCATTERED 15 FT. OR MORE APART BUT SOME IN CLUMPS OF SEVERAL BUSHELS. THEY WERE ABOUT 2 FT. HIGH T A COUPLE OF FEET THICK. CANONAS OF THESE AN ON TEHOMAS & 2 DIPOS. DIPOS HAD A BROKEN SKULL & WAS GIVEN to DR QUAY. SAW 5 or 6 CITRUS NEVSONI among road cops RUNNING OFF AS CAR WENT BY. SAW 2 or 3 LIZARDS ON TEHOMINA ROCKS (URO?), 2 SNAKES THERE THIS AM.. On CHEVRON GAS CO. MRO LOCATION IS ABOUT 3 1/2 MI. on ROAD NNE McKITTRICK THEN 1/2 MI. SW ON LITTLE DIRT ROAD. ALL AREA THEREABOUTS IS FIRM & SIMILAR. DR QUAY SET UP LIVE TRAPS & GOT SEVERAL DIPOS & PEROCHATHAS (10:30 AM). PICKED UP A WEATHERED SKULL & LOWER MANDIBLE SCRAMBLES BY 50 FT., SAW REST OF TRUNK SKELETON NEAR CRANIUM. LOWER MANDIBLE & SKULL GIVEN SAME NUMBER AS THEY PROBABLY GO