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Apr. 25 Texas
low mesquite, atriplex, ocotilla, ephedra;
letally bunch-grass and some annuals
coroming; but still desert. Saw one
Red-tailed Hawk; jolly 25 ravens; many
Mourning Doves; 5 or 6 Turkey Buzzards.
1:30 p.m.—Lots of bunch grass and
low yuccas came in about Sierra
Blanco, and ever since, one
continuous level plain with hills
on either hand. Saw several
Prairie dogs and a blacktailed
Jack Rabbit; also 3 or 4 Meadowlarks,
8 or 10 Ravens, a Turkey Buzzard,
and a few Roadrunners.
3:40 p.m.—at Marfa, nearly 5000 ft. alt., but
limitless rolling prairie, with occasional
tracts of low yuccas. I have seen:
Swainson Hawk 2; yellow-headed Blackbird
1 & close by and flocks around cattle
pens I inferred to be same; flock
of Dark Buntings (?) around ranch;