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hope to go to La Paz where we can 

 work to the mountains and also some 

 of the islands. 



We are still treated very nicely 

 here, though I have to manoeuver 

 around some every time I make a 

 shipment. I hope you receive both 

 shipments of birds in good shape. 



Up to now have taken some 600 

 birds of 125 species. The past three 

 weeks I have had no cotton, however, 

 I needed a rest. Haven't taken any 

 eggs except those of San Lucas Cac- 

 tus Wrens and Cape Verdins. 



Inclosed is a short list of birds that 

 visit my back yard. 



Western Gnatcatcher, San Lucas 

 Cactus Wren, Texas Nighthawk, Bul- 

 lock Oriole, Scott Oriole, White- 

 crowned Sparrow, San Lucas House 

 Finch, San Lucas Cardinal, Gilded 

 Flicker, Gila Woodpecker, Audubon 

 Caracara, Dwarf Cowbird, Sonora 

 Redwing, Brewer Blackbird, Yellow- 

 headed Blackbird, White-winged Dove, 

 Mexican Ground Dove, Roadrunner, 

 Redstart, Least Vireo, Audubon Warb- 

 ler, Belding Yellowthroat, Yule Yel- 

 low-throat, Cooper Hawk, San Lucas 

 Sparrow Hawk, Xanthus Humming- 

 bird, Costa Hummingbird, Lower 

 California Flycatcher, Clay-colored 

 Sparrow, Western Flycatcher, Lutes- 

 cent Warbler, Xantus Jay, McGillvary 

 Warbler, Cassin Kingbird, Black 

 Phoebe, Barn Owl, Barn Swallow, San 

 Lucas Pyrrluloxia. All these were in 

 a yard fifty by a hundred feet in cen- 

 ter of town. 



I do enjoy my daily swim in ihe 

 gulf in spite of the wa.-ning of my 

 Mexican friends of "too nian''^ 

 sharkees." Also they say "muchas 

 culebras in el campo," which i^eans 

 lots of snakes, though I have seen 

 neither snakes or sharks. In my in- 

 voice of birds I sent before I beiieve 

 there are two or three nam^?d wrong- 

 ly. I hope when I get to the moun- 



tains and islands to have many desir- 

 able skins for you. 



We still continue to like this coun- 

 try and are going to try and se3 more 

 of it. 



Wish you could join nu> in La Paz 

 next fall for a while. That place is fair- 

 ly accessible. You take the train to 

 Negoles, Ariz., then to Guymas, ftiex., 

 and from there, there are frequent 

 boats leaving for La Paz. 



They say paladisino (malaria) is 

 bad here but as yet we have been feel- 

 ing fine, but I notice the less I do th'^ 

 less I want to do. If you know oi" any 

 one that wants foreign skins, wor.ld 

 be glad to have their address." 

 Yours sincerely, 



Chester C. Lamb, 

 San Jose del Cabo, 

 Lower Calif., MexiCO. 



BIRD NOTES FROM WARD COUN- 

 TY, NORTH DAKOTA 

 Never having had the opportunity 

 to spend a collecting season in a lo- 

 cality so rich in bird life as the D^s 

 Lacs valley, Ward County, North Da- 

 kota, I have fairly reveled in the do- 

 lights of bird study and oology so far 

 as my time and the season has per- 

 mitted. The spring has been cold 

 and backward and the birds have been, 

 slow arriving and getting started 

 housekeeping, and I find the nesting 

 dates much later than in S. W. Min 

 nesota where I was formerly locateci. 

 On May 2nd I took my first set of 

 Magpie (A-5) and on May 6th I took 

 a fresh set of Long-eared Owl (A-5) 

 and a set of Western Horned Owl 

 (A-2). The Des Lacs valley is deep- 

 ly indented along the south rims with 

 coulees extending back one to three 

 miles and thickly wooded with elm, 

 ash, poplar and a dense under brush 

 of choke-cherry and red and black 

 hawthorn. So far this season these 

 coulees have been populated with vast 



