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Chattin J.
1941
Itinerary
16-mv. SE Fortuna Mine, 300 ft., Yuma Co., Ariz.
1 rat trap was lost in rocks being carried away by some carnivore. Catch consisted of
13 Dipodomys deserti and 7 Dipodomys
merriami. (1 of the deserti caught in a steel
trap). Catch was skinned during the
day and in p.m. 8 sets were made in
fresh pocket gopher workings in small
sand dune at the base of the Butler Mts.
Jan 3
a.m. Gopher sets were taken up and 1 Thomomys
was taken. Camp was then moved. On road
out to main highway a stop was made at
Fortuna Mine, 700 ft., Yuma Co., Ariz., where 20+
Macrotus were taken in an old mine drift.
From here we traveled on to Yuma and then
down to the Mexican Boundary at San Luis.
Camp was pitched a short distance from the
Custom house and 30 mouse traps were set
out in sandy soil on creosote bush mesa,
Jan. 4
a.m. Traps were picked up. Catch consisted of
2 D. deserti and 1 D. merriami. During day we
cvent into Yuma for car repairs and then
scouted around for camp site near the
border. Camp was finally located near
the edge of the mesa in the bottomlands of the
river at 4 mi. S. Gadsden, 120 ft., Yuma Co., Ariz.
In the afternoon a line of 70 mouse traps and
5 rat traps was set out along a ditch bank