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LIDICKEN
1958
(July 11 cont.)
Catch ? Ctenodactylus & 1 Sceloporus. Set out 51 traps in open area of mesquite & grass;
34 traps in heavy bunch grass & th brushy border
of a shallow ditch; 13 traps on a relatively open
dike with moderate no. of holes, etc.; 15 traps
in grass & brush along dike; & 16 traps along an open
dike with some bunch grass. Total traps = 129.
Went looking after dark & caught 1 Rana; heard
Microhyla
July 12
Catch: Perognathus - 1 (in 51 traps in mesquite)
(½ mi. S, ¼ mi. E Rincon de Ramos). We left out
1 rat trap for ground squirrel but didn't get
any. Skinned the 1 mouse & the golden for woodpecker
shot evening before. Peter saw Derby Flycatcher
twice & I heard him once yesterday; (other)
Picked up a Kinosternon in the clover by irrigation
camp & looked for Agassiziensis. 2.6 mi. S of
ditch, saw B.
jet, with main rd. is turn of Salitillo (sp?).
2.5 mi further is Pabellon de Hidalgo & a road
leading W to some low hills. 3/4 mi further is paved
rd. going E, gravel rd. going W; 5 mi, further
is San Francisco. 2.2 mi. S San Francisco we
noticed a deceptively looking spot that may be good for
dipsos.
Beginning
3.5 mi. N of the Loreto rd. Turnoff &
stretching for .7 mi is another area that may be good
dipso habitat. The Loreto turnoff is 8.1 mi. S of
San Francisco. 1.3 mi. S of Loreto turnoff we