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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