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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: San Jose, 2500 ft. Lat. 31 (degrees symbol)
Date: Sept. 28
Page Number: 2552
6351 Peromyscus (eremicus) fraterculus (male sign) 16.3g. 177x94x20x15 Caught
beneath sage-bush and eriogonum by boulder.
6352 Western Gnatcatcher (male sign) im. 5.1g. Shot from sage-bush.
6353 Yellowthroat (male sign) im. 9.5g. Shot in dense weed patch under
willows near stream.
6354 Bewick Wren (male sign) im. 9.6g. Shot up in willows.
6355 Song Sparrow (female sign) ad. 16.3g. Shot up in willows.
6:45p.m. -- noted following birds this evening
as I tended my trap-line; one hour, 5-6 when
quite dusky; this by memory, but there were so few,
I can hardly miss any. Mourning Dove (4 together, and
2, in flight); Red-shafted Flicker (2, one of them alighting
on the tops of granite boulders, flying from one to
another, and giving the usual winter call);
Nuttall Woodpecker (2, in willows); Russet-backed
Thrush ( one heard in willows - liquid whit),
Black Phoebe (1); Brown towhee (1); Rufous-crowned Sparrow
(quaint notes heard up a sparsely brushed ravine);
Road-runner (tracks again in trail); Wren-tit (notes heard).
Tonight at the ranch dinner-table I heard the
following, corroborated by several of the men:
Mountain Lions occur all thru this country. One
was roped by Salve (?) Melling in San Telmo Valley
recently (about 5 years ago), after being brought to bay by a dog. In the
low country the lions feed regularly on burro
colts, there being large numbers of wild burros.
In the San Pedro Martir, the lions feed not only on
deer but on horse-colts and calves; 8 head

Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: San Jose, 2500 ft. Lat. 31 (degrees symbol)
Date: Sept. 28
Page Number: 2552
6351 Peromyscus (eremicus)fraterculus (male sign) 16.3g. 177x94x20x15 Caught
beneath sage-bush and eriogonum by boulder.
6352 Western Gnatcatcher (male sign) im. 5.1g. Shot from sage-bush.
6353 Yellowthroat (male sign) im. 9.5g. Shot in dense weed patch under
willows near stream.
6354 Bewick Wren (male sign) im. 9.6g. Shot up in willows.
6355 Song Sparrow (female sign) ad. 16.3g. Shot up in willows.
6:45p.m. -- noted following birds this evening
as I tended my trap-line; one hour, 5-6 when
quite dusky; this by memory, but there were so few,
I can hardly miss any. Mourning Dove (4 together, and
2, in flight); Red-shafted Flicker (2, one of them alighting
on the tops of granite boulders, flying from one to
another, and giving the usual winter call);
Nuttall Woodpecker (2, in willows); Russet-backed
Thrush ( one heard in willows - liquid whit),
Black Phoebe (1); Brown towhee (1); Rufous-crowned Sparrow
(quaint notes heard up a sparsely brushed ravine);
Road-runner (tracks again in trail); Wren-tit (notes heard).
Tonight at the ranch dinner-table I heard the
following, corroborated by several of the men:
Mountain Lions occur all thru this country. One
was roped by Salve (?) Melling in San Telmo Valley
recently (about 5 years ago), after being brought to bay by a dog. In the
low country the lions feed regularly on burro
colts, there being large numbers of wild burros.
In the San Pedro Martir, the lions feed not only on
deer but on horse-colts and calves; 8 head