RuStor 1941 Journal 12 July 29 9mi.N Cuernavaca to soni. E Puebla, Puebla, mex. and camped on a flat, grassy pasture near some rocky outcrops which harbored large Opuntia trees, brightly poppies, & other semi-desert plants including 2 species of ferns (collected). The common birds were: meadowlarks (magna), Horned Gulls, Cliff Swallows, Savannah Sparrows, House Finches. We also saw a [illegible] (sp?) & a Marsh Hawk. Set out 15 traps & caught 9 Peromyscus. July 30 50mi E Puebla to 4 miles SE Jalapa, 4800; VeraGuz. Broke camp & drove toward Jalapa. At a crater lake just west of the border between Puebla & VeraGuz we saw about 4 [illegible] & 5 Ruddy Ducks. At a late lunch in Jalapa & drove 4 miles SE stopping on a side road into a coffee & orange plantation. Camped on a grassy hill overlooking the coffee & orange groves. Set 16 traps & caught 1 Leithrodontmys (skull cracked. Birds seen around camp included (* not seen by RuS). *Tetrix prosthoma, * Brunnemom brunneus, Rinophila sufficiens, Grand flycatcher, Rough-winged Swallow, [illegible] Hawks (Redsh?) Tiaris olivaceus, Sporophila moretti, Black & Turkey Vultures, NightJays? Brown Jay (with white-tipped tail) = medicanus. & a sparrow with a finely streaked breast otherwise very much like (Spizella breweri).