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Chatting
1941
Itinerary
Jan 10
5 mi. NW Borrego P.O., 700 ft. San Diego Co., Calif.
by moonlight at 9:30 pm and 10 Dipodomys merriami were taken.
Jan. 11 a.m.. Traps were picked up and 6 more
Dipodomys merriami were taken. Six p.m.
70 mouse traps and 5 rat traps were
set out on rocky hillside. Creosote bush
Encelia and Granularia compose bulk
of vegetation growing among rocks.
8 gopher sets were made along the base
of the hills in fresh workings.
Jan 12. a.m. Traps were picked up. Catch
consisted of 7 Thomomys, 1 Neotoma
lepida, 1 Perognathus penicillatus and
4 Peromyscus (2 crinitis taken in rocks).
Six p.m.. 50 traps were set out at
1/2 mi NE Borrego P.O., 500 ft. San Diego Co., Calif.
in and around thickets of mesquite.
Jan 13. a.m. Traps were picked up. 2 Neotoma
albivola, 2 Perognathus penicillatus, 2
Peromyscus maniculatus and 2 Dipodomys
merriami . Catch was obtained during
day and in p.m. 70 mouse traps and
6 rat traps were set out in mesquite
thickets on slightly drier ground than
last night.
Jan 14 a.m. Trap line was picked up. Catch consisted
of 15 Perognathus penicillatus, 10 Dipodomys