366 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [So. 7, 



Cottonwood Canon, Inyo County, Calif. D. 10. 



A canon iii the northern part of the Panamint Mountains, leading from the south- 

 ern part of Saline Valley to the northwestern arm of Death Valley or Mesquite 

 Valley NELSON. 



Cotton-wood Springs, Lincoln County, Nev. Altitude of lower spring 3,119 feet 

 (1,051 meters). E, 14. 



(1) Upper Cottonwood Springs. A series of running springs at the east haso of 

 the Charleston Mountains, about 7 miles (11 kilometers) northeast of Mount Olcott, 



Merriam, Bailey, Nelson. 



(2) The lower spring (the Cottonwood Spring of the Wheeler survey) is in a gap 

 in a low range of hills between the Charleston Mountains and Vegas Valley, some 

 distance east of the upper springs Merriam, Bailey, Nelson. 



Coyote Holes, Calif. 



A name commonly applied to small springs or 'tanks' of water on the desert 

 whether fresh or alkaline. 



(1) Kern County. Altitude 3,368 feet (1,027 meters). 



A spring and ranch on the Mohave and Keeler stage road, just south of the entrance 

 to Walker Pass; also known as Freeman Post-Office Palmer, Stephens. 



(2) San Bernardino County. G, 11. 



An alkaline spring on the Daggett and Resting springs road, 19 miles (30 kilometers) 

 by the road northeast of Daggett Palmer, Stephens. 



Crane Lake, Los Angeles County, Calif. . 



A small lake 2 miles (3 kilometers) southeast of Gorman Station, in the extreme 

 west end of Antelope Valley Merriam, Palmer. 



Crocker's Ranch, California. Altitude 4,497 feet (1,371 meters), 



A station on the Big Oak Flat and Yosemite Valley stage road, 23 miles (37 kilo- 

 meters) northwest of the Yosemite Valley (by the road). It is near the boundary 

 line between Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, and 2 miles (3 kilometers) Avcst of 

 Hodgdon, the nearest point given on the Wheeler map sheet No. 56 D. 



Cuddy Peak, California. (See Frazier Mountain.) 



Daggett, San Bernardino County, Calif. Altitude 2,002 feet (610 meters). H, 11. 



A town on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, 9 miles (14 kilometers) east of Bar- 

 stow. Daggett is the base of supplies for the town of Calico and the Death Valley 

 region Merriam, Palmer, Fisher, Stephens. 



Darwin, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude 4,840 feet (1,475 meters). E, 9. 



A small town 22 miles (35 kilometers) southeast of Keeler. Formerly an important 

 mining camp Palmer, Fisher, Bailey, Nelson. 



Death Valley, Inyo County, Calif. D-F, 10-11. 



The valley lying between the Panamint Mountains on the west and the range on 

 the east knoAvn by the names of the Funeral, Amargosa, and Grapevine mountains. 

 There are several springs of drinkable water in the valley, of which the most import- 

 ant are Saratoga Springs (altitude 352* feet, or 107 meters) at the southeast end, 

 Bennett Wells (altitude 323* feet, or 98 meters, below sea level) on the west side, and 

 the springs near the mouth of Furnace Creek., in the northern part of the Funeral 

 Mountains. Death Valley proper extends from the vicinity of Saratoga Springs to a 

 point about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Furnace Creek; but with the northwest 

 arm, or Mesquite Valley, it has an extreme length of about 135 miles (215 kilometers). 

 It is ckieiiy remarkable for its depth ; observations taken by the U. S. Geological 



