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2. Comprises 17 in two bands between the Sierra de la Nariz and the town 

 of Altar. 



3. Comprises 56 in small, scattered bands from Sierra del Cajon eastward 

 to within six miles of Noria Station on the S. P. de M. Railway. 



4. Comprises 63 in many small bands between the Rio San Ignacio and the 

 city of Hermosillo. 



LOWEE CALIFORNIA 



Antelope in Lower California are distributed mainly on the plains east of 

 the central mountain range from the California border south to the middle of 

 the peninsula. They are also on the desert of Vizcaino, where they live west 

 of the main mountain range, reaching the borders of the Pacific on the shores 

 of Vizcaino Bay on the north and Ballenas Bay on the south. It is estimated 

 that not less than 500 antelope survive on the peninsula. Formerly antelope 

 in Lower California ranged south beyond Magdalena Bay, but for many years 

 they have been extinct over a large part of their former territory. During the 

 past 15 years antelope have been continuously hunted in Lower California, and 

 it is rather surprising that they have continued to survive. It is hoped that 

 the operation of the present close season on them may result in their numbers 

 again increasing. Natural conditions are such that Lower California will 

 never be densely populated or occupied by farming communities of any im- 

 portance. Water is scarce in the interior, and great plains covered with 

 desert vegetation afford an ideal home for antelope. With reasonable protec- 

 tion they might survive there in large numbers far into the future (fig. 21). 



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