KD Dixon 1952 Journal Feb. 17 En route, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., Texas to Amarillo, Texas Along this road I noted a gray thorny shrub similar in appearance to the green-stemmed thorn (KLD 476) At Beaver Creek, 14 mi. SSE Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas elms and cottonwoods to height of 25 feet. In five minutes after 10:50, I noted Cardinal, Carolina Chick- a-dee, Slate-colored Junco, but no Whitmouse. I drove N out of Vernon one mile to the Pease River finding skimpy tree growth, mostly dense shrubby willow (growth form like Cornus californica) I checked the Pease again NW of Vernon on U.S. Hwy 287 and found no mature cottonwood. I proceeded to Quanah, Hardeman Co., and drove N 7.8 mi. to the Red River and took photographs. Cover was scanty, no mature cottonwoods. Near the river were windbreak shelter rows of cottonwood, Chilopsis, and ? willows. [4 mi E of Quanah there was a rise to a terrace - there was no continuous cover but some plantings. Riparian growth generally too small for Whitmouse I believe.] I crossed the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River above Estelline, Hill County, finding the cover the same as that N of Quanah and no water. Six miles NW Memphis, IN Donley Co., Texas, I noted an escarpment with local cedar breaks and cottonwood trees of good stature in a roadside park in a canyon. To the westward, steppe vegetation prevailed. Some cotton cultivated as far W