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May 1
To Mr. W. House They Springs, San Bernardino Co. Calif.
But since Opax do live There, I'd better
Try one more night's trapping there, since it
was a long way out too.
The dipid caught weighed 56.5 g., and had created a
mess in the trap, with blood, urine, and
wet feces all about. When placed in a
cage with seeds and blackhush, it
began eating seeds, but later ate
some blackhush too while I watched.
Apparently blackhush is acceptable, at
least as a water source, now I'll
have to try it as a sole food supply.
In the morning I walked south to
the slope of the Kingstons. I saw
Black-throated Sparrows everywhere
about, and a Townsend's Solitaire.
I climbed up a gulley to see what
sort of Tree covered the North facing
slope. They were Puerco firs, quite
tall and pale-like; a few large
junipers at the lower edge of the
puerco belt - about 5500'. No white fir
on this mountain. On the way down I caught
a Sozebrush Lizard and a Western sk, sk.
I almost caught another lizard, but it got
away, about 4" s.v. Illus. below right.