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old church. Sprexi I trapped one specimen In the fir timber on hills 
above town. Spermophilus* A young ground squirrel resembling S. macrourus 
was brought in by an Indian, 
* Six specimens were obtained, 
Her® they lire in holes in the walls of conglomerate along canons. W© 
have found them elsewhere living in the banana plants. Birds* For list 
of birds see original notebook # 2. 
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lot®* W« left fctela del Tolcan February IS and rod® about S leagues 
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through pine, cypress, and oak timber to 02 usaba, the eating station on 
the railroad. Here we got a feed and took the train back to Amecameea. 
Mexico, arriving about 2*50 p,m. Sere w® found our friend Mr. L, W, 
Blsland still at Hotel del lerro Oerril. 
Still making Amecamsea cur base of operations, w© left it for lit. 
Popocatepetl February 21. Crossed the sandy plain in the direction of 
the mountain for about 8 miles before reaching any hills or timber. The 
plain has all been cleared of timber and planted to corn and wheat. Firs 
begin along the gulches on the plain. We passed throu^i a belt of fir, 
cypress, and now and then a willow appeared,- also a number of flowering 
shnbs were noted. Shey were mostly yellow. W© also noted a few small 
red flowers only about 4 inches high. Shey were red and had four petals. 
Soon the cypress and other trees gave way to the firs almost entirely. 
Finally about a league from our destination we emerged fret® the firs and 
ease into a more open country, the firs were replaced by a kind of pin© 
and a few oaks ami Shrubs. There are three very distinct zones of vegeta- 
tion on Ibis mountain,- one "lower pine", on® of st fir", and an upper pin®. 
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She pine above bears a larger con© and I think differs in the number of 
leaves. 
Our intent! on was to stop at Tlamaehus, a rancho used by tourists 
as a shelter and by the natives for purifying sulphur from Popocatepetl’s 
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