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We arrived at Flagstaff on September 3, and on September 5 we established a 

 permanent camp 21 miles northeast of that city. This was on Deadmah Flat, north- 

 east of the main San Francisco Peak and a little northwest of O'Leary Peak. This 

 section has recently been opened to settlement, and several ranchers are attempting, 

 more or less experimentally, to raise crops of various sorts by dry farming. We were 

 able to establish ourselves comfortably in a cabin belonging to Mr. Carr H. Schwarz, 

 for living quarters and work shop. Our meals we obtained at the nearby ranch house 

 of Mr. W. J. Osborn. To Mr. and Mrs. Osborn and their family, and to Mr. Schwarz, 

 we are indebted for many kindnesses. The interest they took in our work and the 

 aid they gave us were important factors in making a success of our trip, and it is a 

 pleasure here to make acknowledgment of our indebtedness. 



The region about San Francisco Mountain is historic ground to the zoologist. 

 In 1851 the Sitgreaves expedition traversed this section en route from Santa Fe, New 



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Fig. 48. Looking toward Deadman Flat from the south, at the lower edge of 



THE yellow pine BELT. PHOTOGRAPHED OCTOBER 12, 1922. 



Mexico, to San Diego, California. Dr. S. W. Woodhouse, naturalist attached to the 

 party, made collections and reported upon the natural history of the expedition.^ 

 From the printed account it is evident that Sitgreaves' route led directly across the 

 section where our own work was pursued. We were there at the same time of the 

 year and it proved of decided interest to compare our own day-to-day observations 

 with the diaries printed in Sitgreaves' report. 



During August and September, 1889, San Francisco Mountain again served as a 

 field for zoological observations, this time by a party under the direction of Dr. C. 

 Hart Merriam. Observations of the birds are included in the report subsequently 

 published.^ 



1 In "Report of an Expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers," by Captain L. Sitgreaves, Washington, 



1853; 198 pp., 77 pIs., map. 

 ^ Results of a Biological Survey of the San Francisco Mountain Region and Desert of the Little Colorado, 



Arizona. U. S. Dept. Agric, N. Amer. Fauna no. 3, 1890, pp. 1-136, pis., flgs. 



