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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.