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The zones are greatly mixed, Upper Sonoran covering a great part of the Mts. to the top of the main ridges on warm slopes. Transition reaches from bottom of canyons on cold slopes to the top where it is mixed with a trace of Canadian. 

Some good groves of [[underlined]] Pinus strobiformis [[/underlined]] stand near the heads of high gulches on the coldest slopes, the best grove of it seeming to be in the canyon just east of the peak. 

Bear are still common - Thomomys goes to the top of highest peak, & seems to fill Transition zone. Lepus holzneri also goes to the summit & comes to lower edge of Pinus ponderosa. Saw few deer signs & no signs of Microtus & Sigmodon.

Returned to ranch & went with John Finley to his ranch about 4 miles down the valley in the open country. Crossed about 2 miles of prairie dog town where nearly all of the prairie dogs have been poisoned and the grass is coming back. 

Had nothing to eat from a 6 oclock breakfast to a 7 oclock supper, but enjoyed the days trip immensely.

Transcription Notes:
"Sigmodon" are a genus of cotton rats. Bailey's writing makes the first letter look like "E" but it is "S"; see for comparison the beginning of that sentence: "Saw few deer" looks like "Eaw few deer".