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J. Rodgers
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Mitchell's Caverna, 4500 ft, Providence Mts.,
San Bernardino Co., Calif.
June 9, 1938
Mountains south of east. These mountains
seem to be continuous with the Old Woman
Mountains, and those rise higher when they
disappear behind the Clipper Mountains. The
Clipper Mountains are probably not more than 10
or 12 miles away to the southeast and south
where they disappear behind the nearly ridge
of the Providence Mts. As we arrived, the sky
was clouding over heavily and we heard an
occasional thunder bolt. We were told that
they had had a rain the day before; we had
watched it from Colton Well, but had not
received any of it. Mr. Russell, who stays
at Mitchell's as a permanent boarder, told us
of a Road Runner he had shot that morning,
and he and Arvey went after it. Johnson and
I started to unload the truck and about
that time the rain began to fall in large drops.
It lasted about 20 minutes. Mr. Mitchell
showed me a Coleonyx and a small
snake, that had been collected here. I
can not identify the snake, but the following is
a description of it. Back salmon; sides gray,
with scales bordered with white; belly light
grayish white. Length 128+28 mm. Gastrosteges-165;
Wosteges -45 (paired). Scales across back 15, 15, 14;
14 Upper labials 7-7; lower labials 6-6.