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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft.
Date: Oct. 8
Page Number: 2577

reported up to 35, in a bunch, frequently seen in
the San Felipe desert, just east of here -- 15 miles away.
No antelope west of here, north of between Santa Catarina
and Punta Puerta, where there is a desert country.
Spotted Skunks are common on the desert side of the
mountains; also westward, reported, but not seen
personally by Mr. Melling (sic). Besides the ordinary
Gray Fox, there is a Kit Fox, caught down on the desert
east of Diablo.
Condors are getting scarce. When cattle die (of
blackleg often) during the summer, condors come in
from the east (desert) side to feed on the carcasses, 1
to as many as 7 or 8 at one carcass. No one
bothers the condors. Mr. Meling has seen none this
year; only 4 last year.
No one ever comes here to trap for fur.
7 p.m. - Barometer, 23.10; warmer; mare's-tails overhead.
Oct 9.
Results of trapping: Peromyscus truei, (male sign) and (female sign), in
upland situations alongside or under edges of boulders
near cascara bushes; discarded.
6452 Eutamias merriami (male sign) 56.7g. 222x93x33.5x16. In
rat-trap under edge of boulder.
6453
Eutamias merriami (male sign) 60.0g. 220x94x34x16. In
rat-trap under edge of manzanita thicket.
6454 House Wren (male sign) ad. 11.1g. Shot under buckthorn bush.
Looks big; compare with northern breeding birds.
6455 Pigmy Nuthatch (female sign) ad. 10.9g. Shot from pine.