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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 [[end page]] [[start page]] [[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.
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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