144 FreLtD Museum or Natura. History — Zoo.oey, Vor. X. 
also for specimens borrowed from the American Museum of Natural 
History through Dr. J. A. Allen and from the U. S. National Museum 
through Mr. Gerrit S. Miller. 
The route followed by the expedition was the so-called ‘‘ Moyobamba 
route,” over which no zodlogist had traveled previously, although the 
Polish naturalist Stolzmann had covered some parts of it about thirty 
years before. A preliminary trip was made during March into the 
mountains east of Trujillo in the vicinity of Otuzco after which the 
main journey was begun. We left the coast at Pacasmayo going by 
rail across the arid plain and thence proceeding with mules over the 
mountains by way of Cajamarca, Balsas, and Chachapoyas to Moyo- 
bamba. Thence to Balsapuerto we went on foot over a rough trail 
with Indian porters or cargueros carrying our collections and equipment. 
The remainder of the journey was by water, from Balsapuerto to Yuri- 
maguas by canoe on the Paranapura River and from Yurimaguas down 
the Amazon by steamship. 
The localities at which collections were made are as follows: 
Menocucho, Feb. 21-Mch. 5. A small village at the terminus of a 
short railway line running eastward from Trujillo a distance of about 
20 miles. The region is mostly arid and forbidding but along the banks 
of a small stream, the Moche River, there is considerable light growth 
of thorny bushes and small trees while near by are canefields and small 
gardens under irrigation. Altitude goo ft.+ ! 
Hacienda Llagueda, Mch. 8—-Mch. 17. A large hacienda near the 
headwaters of the southern branch of the Chicama River, owned by 
Sr. Armas of Trujillo to whom, as well as to his eldest son Don Luis 
Armas, we were indebted for many favors. This place was reached by 
trail from Menocucho to Otuzco and thence across the divide separating 
Otuzco from the drainage of the Chicama. The hacienda occupies 
both sides of a very steep canyon traversed by a small swift stream. 
Although there is some open country, uncultivated vegetation is rela- 
tively profuse largely on account of fogs which constantly settle in the 
canyon. Thecultivated crops are principally coffee and coca. Altitude 
6,000 ft, + 
Mountains near Otuzco, Mch. 19-20. The locality to which this 
phrase refers is near the top of the divide between Otuzco and the 
Chicama drainage but on the Chicama side overlooking the canyon of 
Llagueda. Altitude 10,000 ft, + 
Trujillo, Mch. 25-26. Small collections made here are from thickets 
' Altitudes are given on local authority or upon the basis of estimates, since it 
was our misfortune to lose our aneroid at the very outset. 
