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The road is bad and rocky. On both 
sides you have the tropical Djaigei, 
in which therny vegetation prevails. 
Only here and there a cleared spot, 
but cleared not according to our way of 
doing things. If a Mexican clears 
the land, he chops off the larger trees 
and shrubs without taking the roots 
out at all; then he plows with a lit- 
tle hand plow. the ground, maybe two 
or three inches deep and sows his 
corn. In consequence of this you find 
many places where the corn never had 
a chance to outgrow the second shot 
from the remaining Djaugel; the enor- 
mous heat and moisture contributing 
greatly to this excessive growth. We 
met a few Indians on the way and 
their sinister looks showed clearly 
that the anti-American feeling is still 
predominant. 
The sun stood well in.the zenith, 
when I saw what appeared to be an 
ideal camping place. We crossed the 
river on this place and erected camp 
on the opposite shore. Great trouble 
I experienced only to find poles for the 
tent; every stick or branch had thorns 
from one-half to two inches and was 
bent or unsuitable from various rea- 
sons. Finally I had to be satisfied 
with wrapping two strong branches 
together to secure the proper length 
and height. I was careful to chop the 
growth off in the immediate vicinity 
of the tent on account of the heavy 
dew during the night, but after one 
hour or so everything was ready to 
start in work. 
On my way to this place I had no- 
ticed aside from those named _  be- 
fore, quite a variety of birds. There 
were five different species of Colam- 
bine birds which I secured all during 
my three weeks stay. The white- 
winged, the mourning, and ground 
doves most comomn. Only one Colum- 
ba flavirostris was secured; several 
seen however. 
OOLOGIST 
The Vermillion Flycatcher was very 
abundant; one could hardly look 
around without noticing three or four 
of those magnificent birds. I believe 
it is one of the prettiest sights to see 
an adult male sitting on a dry perch 
in the morning or evening specially, 
when the subdued tints of the sur- 
roundings form a splendid setting for 
this little live gem. Derby Fly- 
catchers were fairly abundant, also 
Couch’s Kingbird. The black and 
white flycatcher seemed to be here 
in this cactus world just as well at 
home as up north on his barn and 
ccral posts. : 
The noisy long-tailed, long-crested 
Jays were not so easy to secure I 
watched a couple of them one morn- 
ing on a dry tree, moving their tails 
like squirrels, It is astonishing how 
well they know how to take care of 
their enormous tails. Of all I shot 
the tails were absolutely perfect; a 
wonder, when you consider the rank 
thorny vegetation through which they 
fly and move. 
Chordciles ten, acatipeanis was 
very conspicuous at sundown, some- 
times fifty or sixty were right in front 
cf the tent. Spending the day in 
the brush under roots’ or rocky 
shelters, they came down in the 
evening to the river to drink, flying 
half like a hawk, half like a bat, they 
are not easy to secure, bending 
eft in their flight right at the critical 
momezt; the dusk making your 
efforts still more difficult. 
Trogons (2 species) were seen 
early in the morning or afternoons 
quite often, sitting patiently in the 
dense foliage waiting for insects. 
Interesting are the parrots of which 
one meets five different species. 
They come every morning from the 
higher mountains down to the foot- 
hills, to feed on the buds of some 
trees in the Djuager, thereby sometimes 
