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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