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Bowman
1952
11.
Journal
Aug. 14. 11.5 mi. NE Chama, 10,000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., San Juan Mts.,
New Mexico. - Horned Lizard on the rich humus
soil surrounding a gopher hole. This hill has an
eastern exposure. Captured at 1:00 p.m. (MST) while
in the sun; saw one Piloted Warbler, and
brought in the breast bone & some thoracic ribs
vertebrae of a "grouse" (identified by WCR); trapped
2 small shrews (? dusty?) in Museum specials
placed at the entrances to hollow logs. The following
observations by Ward Russell who spent 5 hours
to the SW in the meadows of the Brazos R.: shot
1 Pica (saw another, & remarked that they give
only one nasal "bleat" instead of the usual 2);
shot one Red Crossbill; 2 Horned Larks, 1 Savannah
Sparrow, 1 Cassin Finch; saw one Woodchuck,
and heard some unknown amphibian calling
from a meadow (Hyla?); 1 Rock Wren, & collected
one, two ft. long garter snake. Ward caught his
limit of trout (15) - 12 Brook Trout, 2 Cutthroat
Trout, and 1 Rainbow Trout. Addenda: Golden-
mantled ground squirrel (2) collected by Stuart
Londry yesterday (Aug. 13). Today, Londry
reported fresh deer droppings on a steep wooded
slope east of camp, and White-crowned Sparrows.
The Peronopus nanoculatus which I trapped today
had a white dorsal area (1/2" long) in the center of
half way down the length of the tail on the
dorsal surface. Stuart Londry caught 2 Peronopus