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PERSONNEL, 
In the iield work on which the present report is based, I was aided 
by Vernon Bailey, chief field naturalist of the Biological Survey, and 
my assistants, Wilfred II. Osgood, Walter K. Fisher, and Richard T. 
Fisher. Vernon Bailey had charge of the work at the Shasta base camps 
and on a trip around the base of the mountain; Walter K. Fisher 
had charge of the work in Mud Creek and Ash Creek canyons and 
near timberline east of Mud Creek, and afterwards took a party to Fall 
River Lake and Lassen Butte; W. H. Osgood had charge of the work 
on Lassen after Walter Fisher’s departure, and also visited Squaw 
Creek and Shasta and Little Shasta valleys; R. T. Fisher spent the 
season working from the various camps on Shasta and at Sisson, and 
accompanied Osgood on the trip to Little Shasta Valley.' 
Our camps on Shasta were visited by Henry Gannett, chief geo- 
grapher of the U. S. Geological Survey; John H. Sage, of Connecticut, 
secretary of the American Ornithologists’ Union; and two or three 
others, all of whom rendered important assistance. 
In addition to the work on and near Shasta covered by the present 
report, field work was done in various directions. Three cross sec- 
tions of the Sierra Nevada, north of latitude 39°, were made by Bailey, 
Osgood, and myself; Bailey and Walter Fisher ran a line from Black 
Rock Desert, Nevada, to Shasta, by way of Madeline Plains; Bailey 
and I, accompanied by Henry Gannett, carried the work across the 
wild and little known mountains from Shasta to the ocean, which 
we reached at Humboldt Bay; and later in the season much work was 
done farther south, chiefly in the inner and outer Coast Ranges. 
PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS. 
Only two publications have been found relating to the zoology and 
botany of the Shasta region. The first is a report by Charles H. Town- 
send, of the U. S. Fish Commission, who, fifteen years before our visit, 
was stationed at Baird, a fish hatchery on McCloud River. While 
there Mr. Townsend visited Berryvale (now Sisson Tavern) and accom- 
panied Major Gilbert Thompson, who was in charge of a triangulation 
party of the U.S. Geological Survey, in his field work on Shasta. The 
results of Mr. Townsend’s work are contained in an important report 
entitled ‘Field Notes on the Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles of Northern 
California,’ published in the fall of 1887. In addition to the records in 
this report, Mr. Townsend has kindly placed his manuscript catalogue 
at my disposal, and has in several instances given me important sup- 
1While this report way passing through the press (July, 1899), I sent Walter K. 
Fisher to Mount Shasta and Shasta Valley to obtain supplemental information, some 
of which is incorporated in the mammal, bird, and plant reports at the end.—C. H, M. 
2 Proce. U.S. National Museum, X, pp. 159-241, Nov., 1887. 
