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buttes. As I went [[strikethrough]] sets [[/strikethrough]] 2 bed / light h fad'd & / light w alm white wi lines o faint gray ag / dark cliffs, while one star shown faintly at an L fr / cliffs.
Tuesday A.M. took breakfast at C[[strikethrough]] u [[/strikethrough]]imar'ron & waitd 3 hrs f an observation car t h x b sent on as it o't. Pleasant place - trees (li willows) in Cimarron Creek runng rt bk o station. Delicious alm ice cold water. [[underlined]] D. aestiva marconi [[/underlined]] sing'g freely n trees ab station. An active warbler, flyg ab, & at one time cling'g 2 tree trunk. Heard [[underlined]] Habia melanocephala [[/underlined]] sing & saw it alm loose its balance bobbg over on a twig 2 catch some/ing n / leaves. Saw [[strikethrough]] sev [[/strikethrough]] a b bd. what I took 2 b a yg blue bd. swallows, (prob P. l ) & a robin come 2 her nest n a tree x 2 rods fr / track & x go off as [[superscript]] [49] [[/superscript]]