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Mayhew
1963
Journal
14,
April 11
Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Calif.
beline our eyes the first time. This
amounts to approximately 1 1/2 acres of
land. Saw a shrike nest with 5 young in it.
After leaving Palm Springs, we
drove to Indian Cove, where we camped
for the night. We drove 173 miles today.
April 12
Dale Dry Lake, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
We arose at 0600 & ate breakfast. Then we
drove to our collecting site at Dale Lake.
We were looking for lizards at 0700.
We looked along the road until
about 1100 without success. We
walked around in the sand a bit
during this period, but found only 2
Uma scoparia. We then walked
over a considerable acreage, looking
for lizards, but without too much
success at first. Then we began to
see more Diposaurus dorsalis than
Uma. The sky began to get slightly
overcast about noon, & continued
to become more cloudy as the
afternoon progressed. A slight SE
breeze also began to blow about the
same time. The maximum air temp.(1m)
recorded today was 29.0°C. Diposaurus
disappeared from the surface about
1345 because the wind began cooling
the environment. Many of the Uma,