Field notes, v1344
Page 431
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J.G. Hall 1954 187 June 16 Wyman Creek, 6700 ft., White Mts., Inyo Co., Calif. steep c walls rising perhaps 200' in spots. Length is about 2 mi. Weather very hot & saw no birds in gorge itself. Followed creek down another 1/2 mi. to jet, c the cut-off road. Saw Chukars (4 or 5) which ducked into willows along stream. Shot but lost a chat. Saw what I took to be japus jumping in some tall grass in a marshy area. Took cut-off road back to camp. Went through sage & sage flatst hills. Shot a desert spar- row & 1 Collared lizard, 1 Scel- -oporus and two Onemidophorus. Saw 2 leopard lizards. Heard up a couple jack-rabbits and 4 or 5 more Chukars. Road covered c Chukar tracks. In evening Night hawks flew above camp & Frank shot 2. We all went into gorge to set traps for Japus Frank & Ward in up- per part, I went down to lower area & left 8 traps. Heard Saw- June 17 What owl on way back.