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Moore.
43 1/2 N. San Bernardino 1600 ft. San
Bernardino Co., Calif.
May 22, 1951.
Last evening went north from San Bernardino
through the Shannon Hills to a lone hill
rising out of the valley floor just at the base
of the main slope of the San Bernardino Range.
The south facing slope, where 100 mice traps
were set at the 1600 ft level was covered sparsely
with chaparral, and an occasional blooming
Yucca dotted the hillside. The soil was of a
clay like structure and fairly hard. Part of
the hillside had been burned over some
years ago and was covered with white sage.
About twenty traps were set through this
area but yielded only Peromyscus m. sonoriensis,
Reithrodontomyss, and Peromyscus boylii rowleyi.
No Perognathus were found within the burned
over area although they were taken at the edge
on both sides.
Seven Perognathus fallax fallax were taken,
mostly on the hard ground. One Dipodomys m.
garneri was taken on open, hard ground, while
one other individual was taken down in
the soft, fine sand of the wash bottom.
The sand in the wash bottom was of 'dune' like
texture, or was blown up in piles, which
were covered sparsely with coarse sword-like
glass that grew in clumps: Here one Perognathus
longemontis was taken.
The trapline covered approximately one mile in
distance, through chaparral and wash-litter
and yielded a total of 87 mammals in the
following proportion: 11 Peromyscus m. sonoriensis,
8 Peromyscus boylii rowleyi, 4 Peromyscus californicus,
1 Reithrodontomyss, 7 Perognathus fallax fallax,