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Oct. 12 At daylight we are out of the hills & on a levelish plain covered with Larrea mexicana & grease brush & a few Giant cactus & other cactuses. Bare, rocky hills are close by rise squarely from the plain. 'Tis about 20 miles to Phoenix & all a smoothe plain with about 2 inches of fine, light dust in the road. There is no grass & little vegetation except brush which grows in scattered bunches. Perognathus holes & holes of Dipodops & Dipodomys desertis are numerous, as are their tracks. Lophorlyx gambeli are running all around.
Reached Phoenix at 9 A.M. & went to the Commercial Hotel, where I found Dr. Stejneger had arrived 12 hours before. The barometer registered 950 at Phoenix at noon.
Went down on river flats S. of town & hunted in P.M. We each killed a Rabbit & some birds, made up skins in evening.
A hot, cloudy day. Rained in evening.

" [[ditto for: Oct.]] 13 Sunday. Rained all night & pools of water in streets. Lots of Scar^[[insertion]] du [[/insertion]]ofila [[Scarduofila]] inca in town. Barometer 850 feet at 7 A.M.

Transcription Notes:
Think "Scarduofila inca" = Scardafella inca now Columbina inca or Inca dove. -@siobhanleachman