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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: to Colnett,
Date: Oct. 27
Page Number: 2607

the vicinity of this place saw: Cassin Kingbird ( a pair
together near buildings); Shrike (1); Turkey Vulture (2+);
Mockingbird (1, in cactus, low brush and agave);
Red-tailed Hawk (1); Tree Swallow (1); Brewer
Blackbird ( a large flock).

Continued west across a broad plain characterized
by great abundance of agave, to the valley, called
San Rafael on the way, but locally Colnett Valley;
down this to Colnett (beach); thence across the bottom
a mile or so north to the foot of the rise to the
mesa above. Here we have made camp, facing
east to get the early sun. For it is decidedly
damp-feeling, tho warm. My barometer reads
a trifle below "0" on the altitude dial - practically
sea-level; so all previous altitudes are correct.
The day is semi-clear. Already (3 p.m.) fog is gathering.

Oct. 28
Put out 22 rat and mouse traps last night, 3 or 4 of
them on agave hillside, the rest out on fine-silt bottom-
land among the numerous shrubs. Took: Neotoma intermedia,
one (male sign) among agaves on hillside where wood rat sign abundant; Peromyscus c.
fraterculus, 1 (female sign, 2 emb.) on silt-soil under shrub; Peromyscus m. gamble ,
3 (male, female, female emb. signs), all under bushes on bottomland; and the following small

6636 Perognathus (female sign) 13.5g. 110x48x20x40; on silt -soil under atriplex.
6637 Wren tit (male sign) ad. 14.4g. Shot in sumach (Rhus laurina).
6638 Spotted towhee (female sign) ad. 33.7g Shot in buckeye.
6639 Red-winged Blackbird (female sign) im. 43.7g. Shot from Lycium bush.
6640 Belding Marsh Sparrow (male sign) ad. 20.4. Shot in salicornia.

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6636: added text is arenarius; modern name is Chaetodipus arenarius