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Chattin, J.
1941
Itinerary.
Jan 4 Hmi S. Gadsden, (20 ft, Yuma Co, Ariz)
(cont'd) overgrown with Bermuda grass and Arrowweed.
The ditch runs thru bottomlands covered
with willow, cottonwoods, mesquite and
tamarisk. In the evening the bats obtained
at Fortune Mine were skinned.
Jan 5 a.m. Traps were inspected and rebaited
where necessary. Catch consisted of
7 Sigmodon hispidus, 3 Perognathus
penicillatus, 1 Neotoma albigula and 12
Peromyscus maniculatus. Trap line was
inspected again during late afternoon and
10 more Sigmodons were taken. Part of
the line was moved further down the
canal and also some traps were set in
waste land at edge of mesquite and
Arrowweed thickets.
Jan 6. a.m. Traps were inspected and rebaited.
Catch consisted of 1 Sigmodon caught
along canal bank. 5 Peromyscus, 4
Perognathus, 1 Reithrodonmys megalotis
and 1 Onychomys torridus. In p.m. the
line was inspected again and traps reset.
Catch at this time consisted of 1 Perognathus
penicillatus, 3 Sigmodon and 1 Peromyscus caught
shortly after dark).
Jan. 7 a.m.- Trap line was taken up. Catch consisted of
1 Reithrodonmys, 3 Peromyscus, 4 Perognathus