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[[inserted in header]] White winged dove (few) Ground dove (few) Mourning dove (C) [[/inserted in header]] Aug 21-1937 (cont) Saw others I couldn't identify. Several small sparrow like birds with black bellies perhaps Sharp's seed eater. Mocking birds (sev) Tanager exactly like a scarlet Tanager in size & color of spring plumage In evening we walked around the plaza & then explored the town in a ramshackle old buggy with one horse. Took in everything including [[fair?]] cocktails Aug 22, 1937 Left Monterrey at 9:00 AM and arrived at Vallis at 6:00 PM. Crossed the State of Taumalpias [[Tamaulipas]] & into San Luis Potosi of which Vallis is the capital. Ate lunch in Victoria capital of Tamalpias [[Tamaulipas]]. Monterrey both last night and in the daylight impressed me as much Americanized. Girls all with high heels & silk hose but clear skins & clear eyes. As we traveled south we saw more cultivated land. Lots of oranges, bananas in every yard. Corn, sugar cane became principle field crops, but mountain [[benches?]] rocky & arid. Mostly a limestone country. Just south of Victoria we crossed Tropic of Cancer and dropped into a valley in which I saw by first [[?]] lots of new trees & two species of epiphytes. From then on south the gravel ridges were mesquite & bottoms jungle of strange trees & palms. Saw many unknown birds & plants