STATUS OF THE PKONGHOKNED ANTELOPE, 1922-1924 



63 



CHIHUAHUA 



111 extreme northwestern, southeastern, and eastern Chihuahua antelope 

 occur in varied, numbers. The bands in the extreme northwestern part are 

 separated from those which range along the Mexican Central Railroad to the 

 east. The great Bolson de Mapimi and the region east of the Mexican Central 

 Railroad is a vest territory ideally suited to the needs of these animals. In 

 southern Chihuahua antelope occur on both sides of the Mexican Central Rail- 

 road, particularly along the border of Durango. 



DURANGO 



In Durango antelope are now limited mainly to the northeastern part of the 

 State, in the district of San Dimas. Antelope are reported to be rather com- 

 mon in the following local- 

 ities : Lapioriz, Mara- 

 velles, El Pilar, Santa 

 Rita, San Julian, Las La- 

 gunas, Huachinepas, San 

 Francisco de los Lobos, 

 Pericos, and Huahiapa y 

 Gavilanes. They are also 

 said to be abundant in the 

 district about Escalon, 

 along the border of Chi- 

 huahua and Durango, near 

 the base of the Sierra del 

 Diablo. 



Antelope in Sonora are. 

 practically all west of the 

 railroad extending from 

 Xogales on the Arizona 

 border south to Guaymas 

 and in the region lying 

 north of a line" drawn from 

 Hermosillo west to the 

 coast of the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia. A few bands in 

 northwestern Sonora 

 range back and forth across the Arizona border. It is these bands which are 

 now under the guardianship of the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund. 



Under date of January 4, 1925, Ben Tinker, who represents the Permanent 

 Wild Life Protection Fund along the Sonora-Arizona border, supplied the 

 writer with interesting information concerning the distribution of the sur- 

 viving antelope in Sonora. They are reported to occupy 4 areas and to have 

 totaled 595 animals in November, 1924, when they were counted by him. Fol- 

 lowing is his summary of these antelope herds : 



1. Comprises numerous bauds, numbering 15!) all told, ranging from the 

 soutbern end of the Sierra Rosario son I Ij and eas! lo (be Sierra Blanca and 

 tin- Rio Sonoyta, thence eastward (north of Sierra Pinta) to the eastern side 

 or the sierra de San Francisco, The largest single band, containing 73 ani- 

 teal ■ ranges between the Sonoyta River and Sierra do San Francisco during 

 the months of October, November, and December and southward from this 

 river to the Sierra Pinta during the remainder of Ibe year, 



Fig. 21. — Distribution of antelope in Lower California 

 and Sonora, Mexico, estimated at 500 in 2 areas of 

 Lower California, and 595 in 4 areas of Sonora ; a 

 total of 1,095 in 6 areas (see also fig. 20) 



