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[[underlined]] To Sterling City [[/underlined]]

Prairie dogs are numerous and general distributed all the way. They are constantly scampering out of our road but are not wild & let us pass close by. The young are nearly half grown & are out in families. Our driver said "If they were called by their right name there wouldn't be one of the damned things left in the country." He said they were just as good as any squirrel & if called squirrels they would be eaten by the people generally.

Saw a few badger holes, lots of Neotoma nests, & some spermophile holes. There are no Gopher hills, probably on account of the hard, lime soil.

Saw a ot of Calamospiza & one Amphispiza bilineata. Shot a Myiardus civerascens at Sterling. 

A cool, breezy day but a long, slow ride. Got in to late to set traps.