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of a mile below its source this stream was filled with water cresses and 

 half concealed by overhanging bushes, canes, or bulrushes, while the nar- 

 row strip of bottom land through which it flowed was under high cul- 

 tivation. Further down the caiion it sank into the sand, coming to the 

 surface again just above where a dam had been erected, and forming 

 here a small but deep pond, in which a pair of Baldpates were seen on 

 one occasion. Xear the margin of this pool stood a number of " ever- 

 green oaks," and a dozen or more " large northern oaks " were scattered 

 along the lower slopes of the neighboring hills. 



This little oasis was one of the most verdant and attractive spots 

 which Mr. Frazar visited and, as would be expected, it proved to be 

 alive with birds, of which Belding's Yellow-throat, the Beautiful Bunt- 

 ing, and Xantus's Hummingbird were among the most numerous and 

 attractive. 



Another place of especial interest was a " hill " lying at a distance of 

 about ten miles from the mining camp, and having " an elevation of some 

 3,500 feet above sea level." From its summit could be seen " very 

 plainly the Pacific Ocean and the coast line for thirty or forty miles. 

 In the opposite direction was the Gulf of California, fifteen miles away 

 and seemingly at our feet, for the slope on that side was very abrupt to 

 the plain, which was not over three miles distant. To the not-th lay 

 the entrance to La Paz harbor. Southward the view was interrupted 

 by the San Simon range of mountains. The road lay up a ravine where 

 there was considerable water (the drainage from one of the mines) as 

 well as some scattered oaks, perhaps twenty in all, none over fifteen feet 

 high. Here we found a number of birds, but on the hill tops there 

 were very few." 



Mr. Frazar made a second visit to Triunfo in early summer (June 10- 

 July 2), and a third at the close of the year (December 4-11). 



Pierce's Ranch. — Immediately after his second visit to Triunfo Mr. 

 Frazar spent nearly a month (July 4-30) at Pierce's Ptanch or San 

 Jose del Eancho, as it is locally called. Beyond the brief statement 

 that " it is about fifteen miles south-east of Triunfo, on the Gulf slope 

 among the hills on the oak ^ level,'' Mr. Frazar's notes contain no 

 description of this locality. It yielded few birds of especial interest, 

 excepting a single specimen each of the St. Lucas Robin and Louisiana 

 Tanager and a good series of Viosca's Pigeon. 



1 An oak leaf obtained here by Mr. Frazar has been identified at the Gray 

 Herbarium as that of Quercus grisea Liebmann. 



