22 June 81 Camp Lowell 6261 574 Chordiles [illegible] 8.7 X 20.6 ♀ 575 Would have laid in two or three weeks 6262 575 Dittos 8.7 X 21.5 ♂ These night-hawks were shot at dusk. Species abundant. I went out to the hills in the morning. The fruit of the Giant Cactus is getting ripe, and the desert birds are feasting on it. It is about the size and shape of a fig. The inside is filled with a soft red pulp, thick with seeds. The Indians are very fond of the fruit which is sweet and pretty good eating. The fruit grows in the crowns of the body and arms, and can be knocked off the arms with a pole, but poles long enough to reach the top of the mammatus are