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Journal
Hafner, M.S.
1975
24 March (cont.)
Dry lake Valley, 21 mi W. Penza Lincoln Co. Nev.
of Newtona in rocks. Checked traps with
following results: 2 Microdipodops pallidus
1 Peromyscus maniculatus
1 Dipodomys microps
(Karyotyping in the lab. showed the micro-
dipodops to be M. pallidus rather than M.
megacephalus as we originally believed).
Success = 4/200 = 2%
1300 - Drove into Caliente Nevada, had lunch
and called wives. Bought bait and supplies
and drove via 93 and 25 to Sand Springs.
Along way noted a Prairie Falcon on pole
near Dry Lake Valley. JCH collected skull of
round tail lepus in Ticaboo Valley. We turned
N. on a dirt road toward the dry lake 9.0
mi. SE of Queen City Summit. We set 3
lines of 200 traps each along the dirt
road at various distances from the dry lake
as below:
Dry lake
100 traps each
Side of road
N
Hwy 25
The southernmost set was in course.