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(July 18 cont.) saw. Also found some droppings which contained what or squirrel vertebrae and was about the size of a fox or small coyote. Checked gopher traps about 1800; had 2 gophers; set 3 more sets. Did not shoot another Sciurus fuliginosus in Am while I skinned. This time he say it was in a pine tree. Mexicans stopped by camp around 1830. He said there were small white tailed deer and especially a little higher up; also lots of coyotes. He did not know a javelina. He calls a gopher a topo, and Pseudathis a tiger. He was hunting cottontails and said there were no rabbits in the immediate area. Earlier in the day he had told Dave that there were Deer and colobus in the area also. Set out 22 traps along rock out cropping upstream from our camp. Was a small print of Nasturus sign - see. Checked Sigunda sets about 1815- nada. Saw ser. Epiternius got stuck but couldn't get any. Caught a Rana in the stream. Last night I saw a large green Rana in the stream which looked like it might have been piping - seemed definitely different from one caught tonight. Hard rain in afternoon + sprinkles in evening. Both today or yesterday we saw a large yellow bird and camp which looked like a Blue-throated. When setting out traps caught 1 P. difficilis within 10 seconds after setting the trap. Were several hard showers during the night.