C. Roford 37 Journal 22 November 1968. Rancho El Nido, Chihuahua, Mexico Trichase californica (deira), Leptochloa dulcis (deira), Andropogon bali- siaris (common natives) (+ 2 individ Andropogona); Setaria macrostachia (sp?) comm.; called "temporaneo." Chief soil - P. amenagi. Local shrubs; Acacia constricta ("goteña"), Prosopae glandulosa (true) and P. juliflora (bunch). He said Prof. Alberto Pérez, Botany Dept., Escuela de Medicina, Univ. of Chihuahua, had only collected Chihuahuan plants, including Rancho Exp. area. The old adobe and church seen to be nearly over extension of Tenaza family; for dblg. inojedó. Tenazas covered millions of hectares. One remains in Alfonso ("Pombo") of Pseudo bacciliferus. / Hadley interested in studying wildlife and rodents; I gave him talk on rodent control, and range rodents in relation to range management. Rather judgy fellow and did not seem too energetic. He and another boy tried to identify my collect. of local grasses and named plant half its species. / Bewer bladi birds in this ranch near barners. Saw a few marsh hawks. Rancho Exp. good place for rodent plots or long term studies, I think. They offered house for overnighting. / Departed for R. Providencia. La Parita weather station is a few miles W. of km. 92 on highway; far out in the open plain.] Backtracking to Ruiz ranch - there was a press. dollar ranchhouse, and Vinos said there was "sardinas" in it (consisted about 8 "). / Km. 92 to Providencia gate = 10.8 mi. Talked with the captain, Fativio. Then to El Nido, where talked Dr. Espinoza and Rodriguez. Former had worked 4 years on Tierrateras and said they had seen lots beavers there; one canyon named C. de los Oros [just W. of C. de la Madre, I think]. In presa near houses saw: small deer, 2 hilldeer, 3 skunkde (goatier yellow legs?). In farther area, saw Pygulusia, thresher, brown thrasher. / Visited 50' deep horizontal old mangrove Dumbhouse mire 30s yds. W. of Dumbhouse and found piley groves fruit no.