W. Riemer 1950 Journal 9 Mar. Texas: El Paso Co., 10 mi E, 3½ mi. S Wt. Franklin Since 6 March been occupied with details of getting through customs at border. For few minutes this morning and about 1½ hours in late afternoon (just before sunset) spent looking for lizards east of El Paso in gravelly, creosote area near oil storage depots. 13 Uta stansburiana and 1 Holbrookia texana taken. No other lizards seen though in warmer weather a Cnemidophorus must certainly be present. Did not succeed in taking several sparrow-like birds present. 11 Mar. Texas: Hudspeth Co., 8 mi. E, 2 mi. S Sierra Blanca, Devil Ridge Left El Paso in late afternoon of 10 Mar after Pitelka left by air for Mexico City. Drove to this locality to camp for night. Half-hour examination period by flashlight and gas lantern revealed a few rabbits and one Peromyscus-like rodent. This area a creosote-yucca desert with gravelly to rocky soil and consisting of a long narrow (2-3 mi. wide) valley flanked by hills of a similar nature except more rocky. Camped at foot of S-facing slope. Other plants present: cholla, prickly-pear, agave and a very spiny mesquite-like shrub. Soil dry, obviously no rain for some time. Dry even under large fallen yuccas. Before dawn heard a horned owl calling. At dawn took