1925 In W. Kansas - near Oklahoma line, heard a W. Meadowlark as the train was passing at 60 m.p.h. - near Newton, Kas. My recollection of it was of one great level plain with very few towns - Now it is a wonderfully prosperous looking productive country with every inch under cultivation and abundant crops - Mourning Doves were the most abun- dant birds seen. Also Crows and Blackbird. In Mo. an S. meadowlark sang for five past near where train stopped. Oklahoma and - Golden Cut-Off June 22. Crossing New Mexico very hot but drier and less trying than yesterday. Beautiful colors in the rocky mountains rising from the plateau. On E. New Mexico I began seeing Night Hawks and near Fort Sumner and yes they were perched on the fence posts near the R.R. (there was nothing growing on which they could rest) and I counted those I could see on one side of the tracks. The number ran up over two hundred but my exact record was lost. Sometimes three out of five fence posts would be occupied. Occasionally one sat on the wire lengthwise - Mourning Doves were very abundant all along the line. Strained in the afternoons and cooled the air. Night cool- meadow larks and 2 large doves. June 23. Had breakfast at Needles. Indians were at the Station selling baskets and baskets. Very hot across the desert. Lunch at Barstow where James and Jennie took the San Francisco train and I the Los Angeles - Temperature was about 115° at Barstow, and kept getting hotter till we neared San Bernardino. Reached Los Angeles about 6 p.m. - right on time. A woman on the train told me she was brought up in Trinidad.