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Journal
Hafner, M.S.
1977
4 mi. SE (by road) Migrino, 90 m., Baja California Sur, Mexico.
14 July
assured them that they merely had a hole
(cont)
in their exhaust pipe. A couple local mexican
ranchers also stopped and offered their
assistance. I told the Mexicans that the couple
would like to follow them into San Lucas so
the Mexicans agreed and the two cars
noisely headed south in the night.
2300 retired in a still, cool, damp night.
4 mi. SE (by road) Migrino, 90 m., Baja California
Sur, Mexico.
15 July
0530 awoke and checked traps:
15 Perognathus spinatus
1 Peromyscus sp.
Success:
1 Neotoma sp.
17/200
Of course, all we trapped in the rocky,
scrubby habitat were spinatus. Apparent the
type locality given us was rather inaccurate.
We decided to attempt one more night to
catch P. dalquesti, this time in the sandy
washes. If dalquesti is related closely to
P. arenarius (which it looks like), then we
might find them in similar habitats(?)
We put-off processing the animals and drove
to a beach 4 mi. N of Migrino were we