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(june 28 cont.) Cactus Wren Shrike House Finch Mockingbird Varied Bunting Scaled Quail Curve billed Thrasher? Mourning Dove Plumbeous Scractula Blue grackel resident lcterid (prob. red eyed cowbird) Desert Sparrow Turkey Vulture & glancing a flower After skimming we broke camp & continued S. 4.7 mi. beyond Camp rd. begins to descend into large valley, reaches bottom 2 miles further. Saw sev. Wh. nk. Ravens. By 9.5-mi beyond camp you are in possible merriami country again. 4 mi. further veg gets thicker again with low shrubs & ocotillos. This may be merriami habitat but seems a little first thick. 4 mi. still further the road goes thru a small ridge & into an open grassy plain with scattered low shrubs trees. 3 mi. further (.8 mi. N San Juan del Rio) the country becomes scrubby, open, & very gravelly. 1.6 mi S San Juan del Rio # agricultural areas begin ; West th. Cerros. About 10 mi. S San J.del Rio an area begins & stretches for 5 mi. with abundant beaver tail cactus. Then there is open plain country again with widely scattered shrubs. At about 1 mi. N Cerro Zardo we stopped to eat lunch along the road & shot 1 ground squirrel. Saw a Red-wing around Cerro Zardo. At 9.3 mi. S Cerro Zardo we