Field notes: Catalogue #404-530, journal, and species accounts, v4484
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"more East Well 5038 ft. R. 13 E, T. 11 N. Providence Mts. Mohave Desert, San Bernardino Co., California May 27/31. While we were stopped at a service station at Amboy a tourist drew up and asked the operator if there were any wolves around here, and stated that he had seen a large one crossing the road back about two miles, which goes to show the popular impression of eastern people travelling in the West concerning coyotes. Leaving Amboy we turned north up along wash which we followed for fifteen miles up around the north end of the Providence Mts. Along the wash birds with black tail jackers were seen crossing the road, which I supposed to be Say Phoebe's. One Emperors was also seen. Crimidesphes were seen occasionally and one was shot at the north end of the Providence Mts. The Providence Mts are relatively barren as compare to the Granite and Providence Mts to the north. The south facing slope is sparsely covered with canyon and juniper on the Granite Mts., and more heavily wooded on the north. At Cottonwood Spring, located at the southern end of the Providence Mts, R 13 E, T. 9 N. According to Plate III Water Supply Paper #90, U.S. Geological Survey, Cliff Barnes owns a cattle ranch, and resides there with his family throughout the year. He tells me that the place where he lives is wrongly named in that the Cottonwood Springs, as commonly known there, is located about three miles