8/20/25 20 August 20, 1925- Clear warm day, no rain. Today I brought the traps down from the canyon that leads up to the mountain. In one of the traps set on a trail on the mountain side I had the remains of a (Conepatus). The vultures had freten me to it. No bait was used. The trap was fastened to a solitary ganze tree which was close to the little path that wound its way along that steep slope. The ground in this region is thickly dotted with lava rocks and a wild prairie grass. August 21, 1925- Warm in the morning and afternoon. Rained in evening. Today I took the traps over to the marshy region where the San Miguel river flows into Lake Olomega. On the higher ground there are tall trees very free from undergrowth and brush beneath. At many places one can see for several hundred yards ahead. Dotted here and there under the trees are collot- palms which have a blue fruit seton which resembles a bunch of grapes very much when ripe. I have seen the varigated squirrels (Sciurus) feeding on this fruit quite frequently. Also I have shot two mice (probably Crozymus) from their nests in these palms. Out near the lake or in the swamps that lead away from it is lower ground where a thick brotation thorny vegetation grows. This catoclaw like brush is called mimosa. Here I found many mice nests in the brush and shot