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field - 1934
Colorado R., 3 mi. N., 2½ mi. W.
Camp Mohave, Mohave Co., Ariz.
January 24, 1934
Caught in traps
3 Dipodomys merriami
8 Peromyscus eremicus
Spent the morning putting up the
3 D. merriami and 7 of the P. eremicus
The wind was blowing very hard all
afternoon, so the hunting was bad. Saw
an Albert towhee, a cottontail rabbit,
and late in the afternoon I happened
on a grey fox in the grass. It ran
straight away from me, too rapidly to allow
my getting a shot at it.
Tonight set out 50 traps along
bank of river among relatively large wil-
lows.
January 25, 1934
Caught in traps - nothing.
This, at first sight, seems rather peculiar,
since back away from the river only a
short distance (in arrow-weed) the mem-
bbers of the party caught P. eremicus and
D. merriami. The 50 traps were set
out in the hopes of catching Peromyscus
boylii, as some were caught across the
river in practically the same kind of
association.