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1927
P.3
San Jose del Sacare, Dept, Chalatenango, Salvador
of the small streams that drained
off to the north. Several traps
were set were set in heavy green
grasses along the stream courses, and
others were set under bunches of
partly dead grass far back from
the stream where there were
some evidences of small mice.
In the Sonoran zone among the
oaks and pines I made several
sets for Peromyscus in holes and
under logs. Seven large snap
traps were set in oaks and
in holes at the base of oak trees
in hopes of catching a Glaucomys,
about 11:30 A.M. I turned to the
south and passed out of a grove
of pines into scrub oak, brush,
grass and steep rocky slopes. I
crawled and climbed along those
steep slopes to set the last three
large snap traps which I had in
my bag. In many places, when
trying to climb the cliff, I found
it necessary to climb small
oak trees to get up the face. In
the cracks and crevices I found
rat droppings that resembled
those of Neotoma, but except for
some grass and a few weeds