Field notes, 1440
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DICKER 1958 (June 20 cont.) offroad Peloncillo Mts. there is heavy Larrea cover with some yucca + agave; slopes of ints. drier [illegible] Also dry on E slope which descends into desert which seems al drier than that on W side - more cactus + ocotillo. W of Lordsburg it becomes grassy with few shrubs. Stopped in Lordsburg to get left rear wheel bearing replaced - From Lordsburg -> Deming: law scattered shrubs + quite dry. E of Deming: flat, noticed a stand of Larrea this is fairly open with grass + widely scattered mesquite! E of Akela gets drier with lots of yucca. Continued S to El Paso & after loading a few supplies we went thru customs & into Juarez. By this time it was about 2000. We changed some money in Juarez & continued S. It began raining in Juarez & continued intermittally all night; we camped just off the train rd. just N of old camp at 5 3/4 mi N Sanluyca. Didn't set any traps. June 21 Coach's Knightrail at camp + possibly a Myrarchus; also / Swainson's Hawk. Left camp & continued S 30 mi N Villa Ahumada - noticed H. Larks. At 12 mi N V.A. saw a Myiochus tuberculifer & pi. putter & skrike. S of Villa Al. we saw- a Citellus stalozone . Just S Moctezuma