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of Colima ; to the Rev. A. C. Wright and many other 

 friends in the city of Guadalajara ; and also for the 

 extreme kindness of Mr. W. D. Murdock and other 

 officials of the Mexican Central Railroad, to whose un- 

 failing courtesy much of the pleasure and the profit of 

 our trip are due. Our sincere thanks are due to General 

 Canada, the American Consul at Vera Cruz, for courte- 

 sies extended to us during our enforced stay in that city. 



Mr. C. B. Waite of Mexico City has kindly permitted 

 the use of his copyrighted photographs for the front- 

 isj^iece and on pages 15, 23, 29, 30, 97, 333, 343, 358, 

 and Mr. R. H. Beebe the use of that on page 71. The 

 illustrations on pages 27, 33, 83, 108, 111, and 125 

 are the work of Mr. Scott. The other illustrations are 

 photographs of living subjects taken by myself. 



Parts of certain chapters have already appeared in 

 print in the New York " Evening Post." 



To facilitate reference to the birds observed and to 

 the mammals which we were able to identify on our 

 trip, I have added as an Appendix an annotated list, 

 with reference to pages of the book, thus supplement- 

 ing the Index. In the preparation of this Appendix 

 I am greatly indebted to Mr. E. W. Nelson, of the 

 Biological Survey at Washington, for the identification 

 of specimens. C. WILLIAM BEEBE. 



