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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 cafion 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. Near 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 north 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 Ranch or San 
José del Rancho, 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. 
