10 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
Near the head of the hollow rises a stream of clear, cool water, at present 
everywhere confined within its banks but formerly expanding, at a point 
just above where it escapes by a narrow cafion through the encircling 
hills, into a shallow lagoon from which the mountain derived its name. 
After descending through the ravine to lower levels and mingling its 
waters with those of other mountain brooks, this stream is said to sink 
into the ground, reappearing again a few miles above the town of San 
José, below which it empties into the sea. 
In this attractive little subalpine valley Mr. Frazar spent, as I have 
already stated, upwards of six weeks, collecting assiduously and obtain- 
ing full series of most of the birds which had been previously reported 
from these mountains as well as several novelties which I have since 
described. Unfortunately he was too early for nests and eggs. Indeed 
only a very few of the birds had begun laying up to the date of his 
departure (June 9). He was assured by the deer hunters and cattle 
herders whom he met that the height of the breeding season is not 
reached here before July. He attempted to return at this time, but 
was prevented from doing so by a serious illness. 
On November 27, however, he paid a second visit to the valley, 
remaining there up to December 4. The weather, during this period, 
was cold and damp and the mountain shrouded in mist. There were 
but few birds, and of these the greater number belonged to feeble- 
winged or habitually sedentary forms, such as Titmice, Nuthatches, 
Jays, etc., most of the summer species having evidently descended to the 
lowlands or migrated to warmer latitudes, to pass the winter. Nor had 
their places been taken by winter visitors from further north, for the 
Ferruginous Rough-legged Hawk was literally the only addition made, 
on this occasion, to the list of birds observed the previous spring. 
As the latter will be fully treated in their appropriate places in my 
paper, it seems unnecessary to mention here any but the more charac- 
teristic or interesting species, such as the St. Lucas Robin, Grinda’s 
Bush-Tit, Ashy Titmouse, St. Lucas Nuthatch, Western Martin, St. 
Lucas Swallow, Mountain Towhee, Baird’s Junco, St. Lucas Flycatcher, 
Large-billed Wood Pewee, Xantus’s Hummingbird, Narrow-fronted 
Woodpecker, Hoskins’s Pygmy Owl, Dwarf Horned Owl, and Viosca’s 
Pigeon, most of which were abundant and in the perfection of their 
nuptial plumage. 
San José. — At the close of his third visit to Triunfo Mr. Frazar 
proceeded to San José del Cabo by a road which crosses the mountains 
to San Antonio and next passes through San Bartolo, beyond which it 
