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©rent from any taken before * Shey are the Sitemrs of the oak woods 
but ve ry scarce or hard to get, at least. It was good weather yester- 
day until about 2 p,a. when it began to rain and then cleared up for a 
Short time only to ©loud up and rain again, I shot another jay, same 
as the others and several snail birds. Reset all ay nousetraps and al- 
though it was a good night had very poor success. Got two blackballed 
Seres from the woods above her®, also 1 Blarina. Hear the rancho her© 
got on® very red colored Sitomrs, same as taken at first here, and a 
couple Marinas. After setting jay traps again, I spent most of the re- 
minder of the day hunting birds. It began to rain about 4s50 p.n. 
Shot a very brown colored wren, a bird having a bill Ilk© a Lanjua, a 
Bahia melanocephala- ? , and others, 
fher© are several kinds of oaks growing her®, fh© largest is the 
"Bmlm rdble” of the people. 2hes© trees grew very tall and straight 
and many of them would measure ever 6 feet in diameter mar the ground, 
they through (sio) out branch roots forming buttresses something like 
the fig trees in fierra Caliente. In some places in the woods oaks 
grow with branch roots leaving the trunk of the trees cm all sides, form- 
ing dark safe dry recesses where gam© can find plenty of shelter. 
According to the people there is plenty of game in the dry season 
and that new everything is hidden away and does not call as in the dry 
season, fher© must be plenty of game her© as I have seen a good many 
signs of deer, peccaries. Skunks, and other animals. Squirrels are 
abundant now. I have made no special effort to get them and have pick- 
stay 
through 
woods, between showers. She grouse are also common but rather hard to 
get cm account of the thick underbrush, fhe five squirrel® just men- 
tioned were of the small kind the people call "Motes”. I also killed 
one of the large kind with rufous belly, rump, and neck* the people call 
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