Field notes, v672
Page 51
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A. Feathers Jan. 13, 1934. 500+ ft., Colorado R., 14 mi. S. E. Searchlight, Clark Co., Nev. (cont.) previous, I traveled southerly from camp down a road thru mesquite and arrowweed, which leads to what is known as the "Japs Ranch." The last three traps were set in a dry wash, which parallels the river at a distance of a few hundred yards and is bordered with willow and cottonwood trees, and arrowweed. At places in the baked mud, domestic pigs have rooted out water holes. It was in the usual vicinity of this water that the three traps had been set. The traps and bait were as I had left them. Walking along the wash, I shot a great- catcher (Polioptila), and later, a red-tailed hawk (Buteo borealis). Farther along I saw a road-runner (Geococcyx californianus), but was unable to approach within shotgun range. I later saw another one and shot at it as it darted thru the arrowweed, but missed. Noting an old road that left the wash to the east, I followed it and was soon in a mesquite association which was not interspersed with arrowweed. The mesquite bordered a large, fenced field, in which I saw a jack-rabbit (Lepus californicus). I later saw some bluebirds and shot one from a mesquite at the edge of the field, but was