Field notes, 1440
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LIDICKER 1959 dorsalis from cliff behind camp. This I seem to have more rusty color along flanks + crown base I feel than those from Canyon del Alamo. Skinned chipmunk & gopher. After dinner set 4/4 traps about 1 mi below camp in fairly open grass & gravelly place (25) + three in thicker grass & brush. Saw two jiggledrills at dusk & also a number of large bats which made continual loud chipping calls. Stuber says he saw a Sylvilagus floridanus high up in canyon to S. of us which headed toward Carrs Campara. July 6 Picked up trap-line. Catch: Sigmatom minimus -2, Parozethus florus-2, Parozethus hispidus-2, Pamopos maniculatus -1, Diprotomps ordii -2 & Baiomyops taylori -1. The Baiomyops was along a slight ridge which had some rocks + low shrubs plus grass. Skinned catch plus 1 P. florus caught by Dave. Word canpt a Citellois norvegicus in one of his steel traps + 2 also skinned that. George discovered a live Teloride which had gotten tangled in the last net while we left string over the small ford at the base of the cliff behind camp. Stuber & Dave went into Chinle for flour + groceries. We are having trouble with canyon latters + dorrestids in the specimens. After dinner I set 4/5 traps along the cliff below camp. It was quite moist + sticky along this slope + their