Arnold, Sterling 1965 20 June [unintelligible] SE. T[illegible] [illegible] OAKS, MEXICO but we were very wary + I couldn't get within loose length of them (nestled among limestone boulders). 7:30 AM - Overcast w/ intermittent showers. Hiked thru. [illegible] 10:30 AM like plant formation watching birds. sighted 3 Red-eyed Towhees (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), + 10 Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura), 4 Blk.-Chinned Sparrows (Spizella atricapilla), 2 Turkey Vultures, 2 Wrens (steel blue-gray dorsally w/ white or pale center), 6 White-loved [illegible] (Poliopitila albitoris), 1 Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coenulescens). Sage slat + Oakeda sparrow (Aimophila ustosticta) + 1 brown towhee + sighted an Ocellated Thrasher (Toxostoma cellatum, rod runner (Geo. californicus) and the jay: An unidentified warbler (gray dorsally w/ green-yellow center) + group of 3 sparrows (probably Aimophila sp.) also sighted. Locality is very reminiscent of southern Calif. chaparral. Low hilly limestone exposures + scattered limestone rocks + boulders, Arctostaphylos ; woody spiny-leguminosae very prominent (various species). clusters of a gray-green, slender leaved epiphyte were found in basclettes of many of them.