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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.