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Engler
1936
El Dorado Canyon, 6000 ft., Humboldt Range, Pershing Co.,
Nev.
Aug. (cont.) the M. mordax shot there in the morning.
17 B. maniculatus + 2 Perognathus parvus
were taken. 26 of these traps were left out
during the day + 1 M. mordax was
taken.
Camp We broke camp + left for the
E. Humboldt Range or (East Range) on the
afternoon of the 31.
Description of camp in El Dorado Canyon.
camp was made in an old cabin
beneath a number of large cottonwood
trees. N of camp was a steep hill. The
cabin was at the base of this hill.
Artemesia + junipers dotted the hill
which was about 1000 ft. high. S of
camp, across a small stream, rose
a similar hill. The canyon cont. about
a mgt 1 1/2 mi. E of camp where a mt. slope,
tended to box it in. Wild horses were
seen on this slope. A line of cottonwoods
aspens + underbrush bordered this stream
up to a spring about 4 mi. from the end of
the canyon. &
While quite a few different kinds of birds
were seen they were comparatively few in
numbers. Both Bats were seen in the
evenings flying among the trees. Two wer