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Mayhew
1958
Aug. 26 Journal 98.
1000 Palms area, Riverside Co., Calif.
old highway toward Garnet until we
reached the power lines of So. Caly.
Edison Co. We followed the paved
road that paralleled the power poles
to North Palm Springs at Dillon Road,
then retraced our steps to 1000
Palms. Several young animals were
captured along the road shortly after
sun-rise. At the time we started
(0445): air temp. — 25.2°C.
surface " — 25.5°C.
Road " " — 29°C.
Rel. Humid. — 39%
The power line road is 3½ miles long
from old 60-70-99 to Dillon Road. Old
60-70-99 from Garnet to 1000 Palms is
10 miles long. At 0710 we entered
Ramon Road from 1000 Palms, and
collected some young Uma inornata
between 1000 Palms and 3 miles west.
At the point 3 miles west, we entered
a partly developed subdivision with
paved roads. We stopped at the
end of one of these roads & collected
Uma inornata, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, &
Ute graciosus. We left this area
and drove up Highway 74 (Palms to
Pines) to Mountain Center, then turned
toward Idyllwild. We collected ■ Sceloporus
graciosus 5 miles north of Idyllwild