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100.
El Cajon Canyon, 3400 ft. E. base San Pedro Martin Mts.
Lower California, Mexico.
June 2.
Gilmore
1946.
The Homomys caught last night in one
of the three or four fresh workings around
here. All are situated up the canyons at
a slightly higher altitude and all are
located in wet sand at the edge of the
stream. There were about 20 dirt piles in
a group along the stream where this one
was caught and since it was the only
one caught out of the 5 traps set there and
since no more were caught there during today,
it seems probable that it was responsible
for all the digging.
The Phymopus lateralis are becoming much
more common, both adults and young. The
Mimus polyglottus leucopterus and
Bemidura macroura margarella are also increasing
and one can often hear the singing of the
former where at first none were heard.
The trapping is poor which together with
an abundance of voracious ants and bad luck
in have quite a number of the catches caught
by the skull, makes the total number of
good specimens quite small and insignificant.