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west of Sour Lake are scrubby P. palustris? 
mixed with the groves & timber strips or in solid, round notts.
[[underlined]] Ragwood [[/underlined]], on big prairie - nice all around.
[[underlined]] Liberty [[/underlined]] at edge of woods, cypress, the best moss I ever saw wide bottom lands & wood
[[underlined]] to Dayton. [[/underlined]].
Edge of prairie again 
reaches far north
Pinus teda in groves
[[underlined]] Crosby [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] San Jacinto R. [[/underlined]]
woods - magnolia, cypress pinus teda, grass, oaks

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[[underlined]] Beaumont to Houston [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Birds [[/underlined]]
Ardea caerulea com
" [[Ditto for: Ardea]] virescus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Rallus ? Big " [[Ditto for: com]]
Buteo  1
[[Cothoristes?]] a few
Catharus " [[Ditto for: a few]]
Zevenduia com
Colinus a few
Sturnella com
Quiscalus" [[Ditto for: com]]
[[Aulains?]] " [[Ditto for: com]]
Tyrannus tyrannus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Mimus pollyglottos " [[Ditto for: com]]
Progne" [[Ditto for: com]]
Amrodramis ? " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[underlined]] Houston [[/underlined]]
Molothrus ater 3 
Milvulus ? old & 3 yg.
Icterus spurius 2
Chondestes com
Passer domestica abn. 

Transcription Notes:
Checked Sour Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_Lake,_Texas Having more difficulty than normal reading his writing (and that's saying something). Anything I'm not sure of is in [[?]]. Checked species names -@siobhanleachman Pinus teda = Vernon may mean Pinus taeda