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A flock of nearly full grown Missing quail were found on open ridge at 9500 feet.

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of the hottest & coldest exposures - consequently zones are badly mixed in the bottom & strongly rocked on the sides, but taking the more open slopes as an average for this side of the mountain the zones are about as follows: - 

[[underlined]]Upper Sonoran:[[/underlined]] At Ruidoso in bottom of valleys up to 7000 feet & on steep hot slopes up to about 7200 feet - marked by Pinus edulis, Juniperus monosperma, Juniperus [[pachyphloea?]], Quercus v. (shrubby live oak), Atriplex canescens, Bigelovia, annuals, etc.

[[underlined]]Transition:[[/underlined]] Covers to greater part of the mts., reaching over the summit from near Mescalero & near Ruidoso, and from about 7000 feet up the White mts. to about 8000 a.N.E. slopes & 10000 on S.W. slopes and is marked by Pinus Ponerosa, Populus augustifolia, [[Sambucas?]] [[space]], [[Spirea?]] [[space]], Ribes [[mescalariumsis?]], Rhus glabra?, Cornus asperifolia?, Gleditschia neomexicana?, & in part by Pseudotsuga, Quercus (lobed leaf), Acer grandidentatum, proximus, etc. -

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