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The Mesquite Wilderness ........ 105 



La Barca Cathedral, from our Hotel Window ..... 107 



Native Sail-boat on Lake Chapala ....... 108 



Palm Log Raft and Ferry near Chapala over the Rio Santiago . Ill 



Mexican Fisherman ......... 115 



White-fronted and Snow Geese ....... 121 



Plaza at Tuxpan .......... 125 



Tuxpan Cathedral . . . . . . . . . .128 



Our Pack-train .......... 131 



Mexican Goshawk .......... 138 



Mexican Canyon Wren ......... 141 



Elegant Woodpecker ......... 147 



Fork-tailed Hummingbird ........ 150 



A Goshawk near Camp ......... 151 



Derby Flycatcher .......... 155 



Iguana ............ 159 



The Barranca Cave ......... 161 



Heliconia Butterflies . . . . . . . . .169 



Our Fortified Camp ......... 172 



Long-tailed Blue Jay . . . . . . . . .175 



Roadrunner ........... 179 



Parrot-fruit Tree 182 



Parrot Food 183 



Mourning Dove .......... 185 



Querulous Flycatcher ......... 187 



Least Flycatcher 188 



Oiraud Flycatcher ......... 189 



Vieiv in the Barranca ......... 191 



Ant-tunnels on a Fig-tree ........ 193 



Benito 196 



Back Vieto of Mexican Motmot ....... 200 



Motmots' Tails, Young Male and Adult Female .... 201 



Twin Peaks of Colima Volcano ....... 204 



Ridgway Whip-poor-will ........ 217 



Ring-tailed Cat 219 



Nine-banded Armadillo ......... 227 



Broken Tail of Iguana ......... 233 



Daddy-long-legs mimicking Moss ....... 239 



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