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LIDICKER
1958
f[illegible] page
is out of
range
See July 13
It was quite early. All 3 ? were set about 154
traps and camp which was fairly gravelly except
for a couple ? sandy wastes. Moderate wind, ? lizards
sign. All saw one bat in evening. Dick shot 2
Uta, 1 Crotaphytus w[illegible], 1 Holbrookia. All picked
up 1 Coleonyx variegatus.
Sept. 9
Catch:
Paroecetes longimbris - 2
Peromyscus maniculatus - 1
4 mi. N, 3 1/2 mi. W Trackhouse - 2
Paroecetes (Chairodipus) - 3
Peromyscus crinitus - 1
4 mi. N, 4 1/2 mi. W Trackhouse:
Paroecetes (Chairodipus) - 11
P. longimbris - 1
Dipodomys merriami - 7
Peromyscus crinitus - 1
Dick picked up a Crotalus cerastes + another Uta.
Saw a Snake (only bird). Stirred animals, had lunch
+ left about 1300. Maximum temperature recorded
was 47.5° C. - usually stayed around 45° C.
Continued S to get with Calif. 78. Continued W
to Scissors Crossing + then S toward Box Canyon.
We set about 103 traps at Scissors Crossing about
141 around camp which was sl. less than a mile S of the
main rd. on a dirt rd. (3 1/4 mi. S, 2 1/4 mi. E Scissors