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LIDICKER 1959 Journal (July 15 cont.) W/W Colonia Prezente Calle). This town is W of Presa Cals & quite a bit higher. The road goes southea S out of town & the turn back W. About 1 mi. beyond the R, we saw about 10 Lake S parrots & just a little further we came to a larger settlement where the road makes a set, & turn to the south (left). About 1 mi. down the road we saw an Ardea Brev + 1 1/2 mi. from this town another Sylviolygus. 3 mi. from town we heard a W. Preckwhats. About 4 mi. above this town (by rd) - 11 mi. from Col. Pres Celles + 17 mi. from turning from highway - we stopped to camp. This is an area of rolling hills covered with grass with a few scattered oaks. This is at the base of the second major ridge which lies directly to the W. There is a fairly large canyon to the N with boundary walls, etc. In some places there is patches of fairly thick growth of some willow-like shrubs. We saw a number of large Sceloporus (torquatus group) along stone walls. I set 10 traps along a stone wall [this was a small unit of Neotoma signi], 30 traps in open grassland, + 19 traps in scrubby & somewhat rocky area with patches of bearbush, etc. Dave set the canyon walls + also the stone wall. Ned set - the willow-like vegetation & head as well as further down the canyon. We saw a few rats at dusk + after dark, but couldn't get any. Heard a number of frogs calling which sounded like some leptodactylid. They were calling from the canyon walls + bottom. Ned caught 4 & Dave got 1 in morning,