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Kendrickson
1950
Journal
Sept. 14 Cottonwood Springs, 3040 ft., Riverside Co., Calif.
Took 5 a.m. Bufo punctatus from base of rock ledge at spring. After dark found 5 large Bufo punctatus on and near damp spots at bottom of rock ledge near spring and around pipes leading from spring. Ward Russell took one female tinnet from under palms, using a butterfly net. There seemed to be a number of tinnets roosting in the palm fronds; no other birds were noted roosting there.
Sept. 15 1 mi. W & 3 mi. S Pinto Mt., 1750 ft., Riverside Co., Calif.
Ward Russell and I left camp early and drove to a point near the dune, walking to the dune itself and arriving at about 6:20 A.M. There was one small Chionactis in the snake trap; one other trap had the contained sand disturbed, indicating an animal had entered and escaped. Several lizard and snake tracks could be seen following the fence; one followed to the end of the fence, then back the other side. I feel that the fence principle is a good one for concentrating animals - the improvement needed in the apparatus used is in the cone traps (flaps on the openings?). At