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Bartholomew
Itinerary
9 mi. W + 5 1/2 mi. S Searchlight, 4300 ft., Clark Co., Nevada
an old abandoned railroad to our present camp. After
dinner I went out hunting and shot two Dipodomys
mohavensis with the aid of a flashlight. I set out
one hundred mouse traps on the first flat above a
wash. The area is covered with a good stand of Joshua
trees, Yucca mohavensis, catclaw and scattered
clumps of dry grass. I caught 3 ♀ and 3 ♂ Dipodomys
merriami, 2 ♀ + 2 ♂ Dipodomys mohavensis, 1 ♀
Onychomys torridus, and 3 ♂ + 1 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus.
Aug. 1 W side Colorado R., 6 mi. N Calif. line, 500 ft., Clark Co., Nevada
Yesterday we broke camp about 1:00 p.m. and drove south
on U.S. 95 to the old government road to Fort Mohave and
drove on it down to the Colorado River. We are camped on
the flood plain of the river between the willows and the
desert.
I set out 100 traps (95 mouse + 4 rat traps). The
mouse traps were set among creosote bushes either
along sandy washes or on the rock ridges, and a few
were set along the edge of the willows on the edge of the
flood plain. My catch was 2 ♀♂ Peromyscus eremicus,
15 ♀ and 8 ♂ Dipodomys merriami, 8 ♀ and 8 ♂ Perognathus
parvus. Total 41 mice. When I went down to the river
Red Stone and I saw a Bampiseltis getulus which we
caught. I also caught 3 toads, presumably Scaphopus.
Aug. 2 Red Stone and I took the truck and drove to W side
Colorado R., 450 ft., 1 mi. N Calif line, Clark Co., Nevada trying
and catch Perognathus longimembris. I set out 89 mouse