Paul De Bevedochi 1960-61 Dec 31 Hermosillo, Sonora, [illegible] Indio, Calif., U.S.A. Urosaurus, and 3 Ctenosauru. Beyond this spot the desert is all flat and grassy, scrubby desert with much cactus. Gary lost his parrot at the spot where we ate lunch. At Santa Ana we stopped to get rid of all our pesos, and Harry lost a pack of cigarettes to Gary's coati. It is about 7 P.M. at Santa Ana (we > pet 2 1/2 hours at the lunch spot. I won't be able to see much of the desert from here on. We got to the Jan 1 border about 4 A.M (I have been in back since 3 PM) and some one has the down lumpiest duffel bag) and we had no trouble at all. In fact they asked about nothing except our animals. I got to sleep a little and woke up to the most beautiful sunrise over the Salton sea. We checked all our animals. They are almost completely frozen, but most have survived. Gary smuggled his "rat", as we call the coati, across the border. We arrived in Indio about 8 A.M. Retract my statement of yesterday. There is no comparison between the Sonoran and California desert. The desert of California is low scrubby plants, widely spaced, and showing the soil between them. Here the mountains are barren. In contrast the Sonoran desert is rich, with tall bushes and trees and the soil is largely concealed by grasses. The mountains are richly clad in green. Perhaps,