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bill rested among the feathers on its back.

Jan. 22. Remained at La Barca, Jalisco. 
Went in the morning on horseback with new mozo, Rosalio Briseño to Hacienda of Portezuela and others on the road to Atotonilco, a town north of La Barca, to look for pack mules. 

Heleodytes = 'pitarrilla'.

Scolecopagus cyanocephalus = 'urraquita'.

Jacana = 'gallito'

Wood Ibis = 'gangón'.

Pelecanus erythrorhynchus = 'barregon' 

Regulus

Melanotis caerulescens

Pithecolobium dulce } used at La Barca for
Oak Bark} tanning leather. 
Tímbe}

Crotophaga - 'Picús'

Sturnella = 
{Tortilla con chile. 
{Gorda con chile. 

Returned late in the evening to La Barca, having failed to find any good mules at reasonable prices. 

Jan. 23. Zamora, Michoacan. 
We returned today by rail to Zamora. 

Jan. 24-26. Remained at Zamora. 
These three days were spent in completing outfit of saddle and pack animals for trip off the R.R. and in making preparations for leaving. 

Jan. 27. Patamban, Michoacan. 
We left Zamora about 9 A.M. and travelled with pack outfit about 18 miles in a southerly course to the indian town of Patamban situated at the base of the Cerro de Patamban, an old volcanic peak about 12000 feet in height. 

Road today led to Jacona and then ascended slowly but steadily all the way. 

Ptiliogonys cinereus. A flock was seen near Jacona, feeding on the berries of a Gloranthus. 
Pipilo fuscus,  . Has the habit of sitting up in plain view on the tops of stone walls, particularly early in the morning. 

'Cacíripe' Tree used for making charcoal for the use of blacksmiths. Probably upper Sonoran. 
Lower Sonoran zone. Vegetation of this zone extends far up along open draws, even on gentle north slopes. Near Patamban, at probably 7000 ft., a few Ipomea trees were seen on easy south-easterly slopes, among scattered pines of two species. 

Horanthus  Excessively abundant on Lower Sonoran oaks. 

Transcription Notes:
bracketed text spans pithecolobium dulce, oak bark, and timbe.