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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Clarksville & to Paris, Tex. [[/underlined]] no signs of mammals. The soil is hard and baked & cracked open. Is muddy & like wax when wet, conditions which exclude ground inhabiting rodents. Set a few traps but with no prospect of success. Shot an Atalapha in evening. Guess I will move westward tomorrow. [[underlined]] June 11 [[/underlined]] Took the 10:45 train west to Blossom, then to Reno & then to Paris where I stopped and set traps and shot bats in evening. Shot 3 Atalapha novoboracensis and 3 Vesperugos. Caught nothing in my traps at Clarkville and do not expect to here. The soil is hard and baked. Most of the country is grassy prairie or fields. Prehaps half timbered. Timber & prairie alternate from Clarksville to here. The large mounds extend most of the way from Clarksville to Paris. Got a set of 4 eggs of the Scissor-tail Flycatcher and saw the bird alive for the first time. A hot day. [[underlined]] June 12 [[/underlined]] Sunday, a hot day 88[[degree symbol]] in my room. Dont feel well.
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Reviewed -@siobhanleachman
Atalopha novoboracensis = Atalapha noveboracensis - nwmath