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E. Aldrich
1938
44.
Ephedra, Opuntia parryi (?), others in press
Background - Juniper Canyon, Rocky
I. facing slope Cedar Canyon.
38-284 View looking South-east across Cedar
Canyon from the Joshua on right. Sandy
flat sloping down to sandy wash
proper at base of hill. Foreground
vegetation chiefly evenly spaced Eysium
cooperi. Vegetation of wash chiefly
Chrysothamnus. Chief hillside vegetation=
Opuntia parryi (?), Opuntia Dodderis,
Cereus englemanni, Artemisia tridentata
Cirsia glandulosa, few Junipers, Joshuas.
Inhabitants of wash = (Brewer Sparrow,
Desert Sparrow, Whip-t. Lizard, Salvadora
(snake found this A.M. by Rodgers). At
base of hill was where found small
rattlesnack swallowing Disognathus (*May 26),
Cavein Kingbird, W. Kingbird, Gambel Quail,
Scott Oriole also at base of hill. On left
at base of hill is nest site of Mockingbird,
*Lesset Sparrow, *Gray Vireo. Ash-t. Flycatcher
and *Black-chinned Sparrows seen & collected near
top of hill. Soopan; f22-70.