Field notes, v1724
Page 969
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A.C. BEHGE 1957 JOVANAH JUNE 15 (CONT) 2 mi. N. 3 mi. E APACHE JUNCTION, PINAL CO, ARIZONA AREA HAD A FEW SNAKES WHICH LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE MIGHT SPEND WEEKENDS THERE. ALSO SOME BARBEQUE PITS OUT IN CACTUS + MESQUITE(?). GROUND SANDY IN SMALL 4-FT WIDE WASHES; DUSTY + GRAVELLY ON H/OTHER GROUND. BUSHES SOMEWHAT SPACED-ABOUT 5-10 FT. APART. SOME "CHOLLA" CACTUS & A LITTLE "SAUVISCO". CACTUS GREW HERE ABO. A PAIR NUMBER OF DIPO-SIZED HOLES UNPLUGGED, WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF DUST THROWN OUT IN FRONT OF THEM WERE SEEN AMONG THE SHRUBS. ALSO SOME VERY SMALL (~1 INCH WIDE) SHALLOW SCRAPINGS WERE NOTICED- MAYBE DIPO OR PEROGNATHUS DIGGINGS. CAUGHT 4 PEROMYSCUS OR 2 SPECIES, 1 PEROMYSCUS WITH BIG EARS + 1 NEOTOMA [illegible] FRONT OF ITS "HOUSE". ALSO SAW ONE OTHER PILE OF STICKS + "CHOLLA" BRANCHES AMONG THE BUSHES. 2 OR 3 OF MUS SKINS HAD BEEN DROPPED OR KNOWN - POSSIBLY BY THE NEOTOMA. DA QUAY GOT DIPOS, PEROGNATHUS (SOME YOWA), PEROMYSCUS + 2 ONYCHOMYS IN HIS LIVE TRAPS. HERE WE SAW 1 BIG (CACTUS?) WAGON, 6-8 GANDEKS QUAIL + A WOODPECKER. PEROMYSCUS DISCARDED - ANTS + SUN HAD ON SPECIMEN PUT UP THESE FOLLOWING SKINS IN CASE. THE PEROGNATHUS WERE CAUGHT (EXCEPT THE ONE YOUNG ONE) IN THE SHALLOW WASHES WHERE GROUND WAS SAND + BUSHES OVERLYING THE LOW BANKS IN [illegible]. NEOTOMA HAD [illegible] REMAINS OF RAT? PIG LIVER SAC ON TREAD.