1893 
Chihuahua 
bands on the wings. The latter species is sometimes found in flocks 
of 12 or 15. AH of the mammal* taken were caught among the me s quite 
bushes along the river. 
October 28 - Eight specimens reworded my efforts today j two Sjgmodons ! 
2 long-tailed Sitoays ; 1 short-tailed one* 1 Dipodcgmrst 1 Lepus (cotton- 
tail)! and one Ileotoma. all from the mesquite patches along the river. 
Shot two specimens of Callothrus aeneus- ? this morning i they may be 
seen any time of day along the avenue leading to the station and adja- 
cent fields. Water is run in ditches along the avenue and this is their 
favorite feeding ground. They come up from toward the smelter at 
Tsunalopa in flocks of 25 to 100 ©very morning before sunrise. They 
probably roost among the trees along the river in that direction. 
October 29 - Got several Slgmodons ; 1 Keotcgnas both kinds of Sltqrnys 
taken before, and 1 Spilogale in traps set last night. Went down with & 
Mr. Benton of Jimenez to the smelter at Tamalopa this afternoon. It is 
a fine plant, 
October 30 - Shot a Harporhynchus curvirostrls on a mesquite bush 
this raomingj also two small Spermophiles, and another I trapped. They 
are common; I saw several others and also a Spemoohllus maorourus. 
The latter species lives generally among the rocks and the former lives 
in holes on the plain and in the sides of banks. Saw a jack rabbit this 
morning,- probably the same as those taken at Santa Rosalia, 
November 2 - Yesterday had traps out again below Tamalopa! got tiro 
large Dipodonws, 1 small Lepus. 1 large Lepus, and a small spermophile , 
etc., also a rattler. He had been in what I took to be the hole of a 
small spermophile. He had crawled half out and was lying sunning himself. 
His stomach contained a whole spermophile (snail species). Today got 
from same country two small Dipodomys , 1 large one, 4 small and 1 large 
X’A il'Us, 1 small Lepus , etc. 
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