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Erickson
1934.
Harrisburg,
Chrenberg, 288 ft., Yuma Co., Ariz.
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palo verde, giant cactus mesaa.
Feb. 18. Moved from Salome to Chrenburg. Ducked up a
spotted skunk killed on highway in Glamossa Mts., 10 miles
east of Quartzite. Camped 1/2 mi. east of Chrenburg
along small wash. Ground rocky, coarse gravel and
sand. Vegetation creosote, palo verde, catclaw, and
quail bush.
Feb. 19. Looked south along river below Chrenberg for
gopher sign covering sandy ridge of rocky mesa from
wagon tracks extending south. Found a few very old
mounds on ridge nearest river bottom about 1 mi. south of
Chrenburg, no other sign found until about 3 miles
south of Chrenburg and south of a broad wash.
Made 7 settings here, three last mounds on rocky
mesa between
four in sand at base of ridges of mesa.
Feb. 20. From 7 settings had two specimens of Thomomys b
chrysonotus; one from rocky part of mesa, one from sandy
draw. Found additional fresh mounds in sandy
draw, made ten settings.
Feb. 21. Took up 10 gopher settings; took 1 female and presumably
had an other gopher in one of settings, but traps gone
from hole, marks of one drag along in sand followed
for a distance of 30 ft. where it was found, unfurled;
other not located. Sand too soft to give distinct
tracks, but depressions in sand along line which
setting
trap was dragged suggest trap was robbed by some
carnivore, about size of coyote or possibly fox. There