D.O.Straney 1977 44. 30 March. 2 Dipodomys merriami? (4 toes) 1 P. crinitus Drove over to Chris Wick Camp Surprise Canyon 3mi N 2mi E Ballarat Inyo co. ~2,000' There is now someone living here, charging $1/car/night so we won't stay here. He mentioned that some of J.D. Smith's people had been up recently. Set 50 small and 80 lg traps in dense vegetation (cottonwoods, willows, Equisitum, Typha and Tamarack) along the creek and in less dense cottonwoods and Creosote along the edge of the wash. Had lunch then back 3- small to Darwin Falls to process mice. John took #0 by traps up to the falls to set. Processed until ~7pm when it was too dark and windy for more, had dinner and in bed by 9:15pm. 31 March up at 7am for breakfast and, since it was a warm morning, a semblance of a bath. John's line of 40 traps in Darwin Falls got: 1 P. crinitus (escaped). headed for Surprise Canyon where we got: 16 P. arenicrus (2 dead) What are these doing here. In July '74, I got 31 merriamensis and 40 crinitus +