Field journal, v4296
Page 121
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Mayhew 1959 Journal 60. May 29 Box Springs Mts., Riverside Co., Calif. On our return to UCR, we drove up Pigeon Pass Road to reach the top of these mountains. Wind was blowing here, also, but not very strongly (5-7 mph). Sceloporus orcutti and Sceloporus occidentalis were seen on many rocks, sitting in the sunshine. We were able to catch a total of 12 animals in this section (6 on Pigeon Pass Road, and 6 at the top of the mountains). Those animals caught were: Uta stansburiana - 1 (ad. ♀) Sceloporus orcutti - 6 (3 ad. ♂, 3 ad. ♀) Sceloporus occidentalis - 5 (4 ad. ♂, 1 ad. ♀) Thus, 3+ animals of 6 species were captured today. We returned to UCR at 1540, after a trip of 129 miles. June 9 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Today at 1310 Frank Aubrey & I left UCR on our monthly collecting trip. We stopped east of Yucca Valley to try to find Sceloporus magister. Very few were seen during the afternoon, but we finally caught 3 (2 ♂ / ♀). Then we drove through 29 Palms and parked along the road until it was dark enough to begin night collecting. We began night collecting at 1900 and stopped looking at 2045. Two Crotalus cerastes were seen on the road 11 mi. east of June