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Parts of the trip were necessarily made with some haste, 

 owing to a variety of causes, hence observations could only 

 be taken from the saddle; again, wlien breaking or pitching 

 camp my presence was always required, so that valuable op- 

 portunities of making observations within a radius of camp 

 were often lost. 



Returning to the itinerary of the trip, it will be scarcely 

 necessary to more than mention the general route and to- 

 pography, and notice some of the localities having more 

 than passing ornithological interest. The very excellent map 

 of Lower California, which accompanies this catalogue, was 

 prepared by Mr. Brandegee for his paper upon ' ' A Collect- 

 ion of Plants from Baja California, 1889," and through his 

 courtesy I have been able to present it for the use of orni- 

 thologists. 



The first of the journey was to the coast at San Gregorio 

 and then to San Juanico, from where we traveled into the 

 interior, keeping as much as possible in mountainous coun- 

 try, for the reason that more water was to be found there, 

 and the vegetation and ornithology were more abundant 

 and varied. At San Jose de Gracia is a fertile canon much 

 narrower and shorter than Comondu, but presenting sub- 

 stantially the same species but less numerous and more dif- 

 ficult to obtain in the thickly grown creek and crowded 

 gardens. From San Jose de Gracia, the route lay over an 

 elevated mesa, through characteristic Lower California vege- 

 tation of cactus and thorny bushes striving to be trees, till 

 descending a steep trail amongst the boulders, we came to 

 San Benito canon, well watered and having actual trees 

 (an ash). More time than a single day could have been spent 

 here to advantage, but its nearness (in an air line) to 

 Comondu and the uncertainty of the length of time it would 

 take to reach San Quintin, together with the assurance of 

 the guide that equally attractive localities were beyond (in 

 which I believe he was mainly correct), caused us to 

 reluctantly move on. From San Benito to San Ignacio 



