May, 1893.] LOCALITIES VISITED BY THE EXPEDITION. 367 



Survey show that the lowest point northeast of Bennett Wells is 480'' feet (146 me- 

 ters) beloiv sea level, thus making the valley the deepest depression in North America. 

 Merriam, Palmer, Fisher, Bailey, Nelson, Stephens. 

 Death Valley Caiion, Inyo County, Calif. 



A canon on the east slope of the Panamint Mountains, leading down into Deatl 

 Valley. The head of the canon is about 10 miles (16 kilometers,) north of Telescope 

 Peak. An Indian trail from Darwin to Furnace Creek, after crossing the Panamint 

 Valley, ascends Wild Rose Canon and crosses the summit of the Panamint Moun- 

 tains to the head of Death Valley Canon Bailey, Fisher. 



Deep Spring Valley, Inyo County, Calif. C, 8-9. 



A basin about 10 miles (16 kilometers) long, in the White Mountains near the 

 Nevada boundary, and between Fish Lake and Owens valleys.. .Merriam, Bailey. 



Delano, Kern County, Calif. Altitude 313 feet (95 meters). F, 6. 



A station on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 32 miles (51 kilometers) north of 

 Bakersfield '. Bailey, Fisher, Nelson. 



Desert Range, Lincoln County, Nev. C-D, 14. 



A range north of the Charleston Mountains, inclosing the north arm of Indian 

 Spring Valley. The Desert Range is the southern continuation of the Timpahute 

 Mountains. 

 Desert Valley, Lincoln County, Nev. B, 15. 



A narrow valley containing a large dry lake, between the Pahroc Range on the 

 west and the Highland Range on the east, which latter separates it from the town 

 of Panaca. A second Desert Valley is given on the Land Office map of Nevada just 

 east of the Desert Range and some distance southwest of the one just described. 



The latter is the Timpahute Valley of the present report Merriam, Bailey. 



Diamond Valley, Utah. 



A small valley in the southwestern part of the Territory, south of Pine Valley 

 Mountain and north of St. George Merriam, Bailey. 



Diaz Meadows, Inyo County, Calif. (See Big Cottonwood Meadows.) 

 Dolan Spring, Mohave County, Ariz. F, 16. 



A spring on the east side of Detrital Valley, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north- 

 east of The Needles, Calif. Collections were made here in 1889 by Bailey. 



Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County, Calif. Altitude 3,317 feet (1,011 meters). H, 8. 



A body of brackish water, a mile long and about one-half mile wide (1.6 by .8 



kilometers), situated on the north side of the Sierra Liebre, 2 or 3 miles (3 to 5 



kilometers) from the north end of the San Francisquito Pass Palmer. 



Elk Bayou, Tulare County, Calif. 



A small stream emptying into the Tulare River. Collections were made near the 

 line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, abo^^t 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of the 

 town of Tulare Bailey, Fisher. 



Emigrant Canon, Inyo County, Calif. D — E, 10. 



A canon in the Panamint Mountains, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Wild 

 Rose Canon, and 15 or 20 miles (24 to 32 kilometers) north of Telescope Peak. Emi- 

 grant Canon heads in Perognathus Flat and opens into the northwest arm of Death 

 Valley Merriam, Bailey, Stephens. 



Emigrant Spring, Inyo County, Calif. Altitude about 4,400* feet (1,340 meters). 

 E, 10. 



A spring, in a canon of the same name, in the Panamint Mountains. There are 

 two springs, about one-half mile apart, both on the Avest side of the canon. 



Merriam, Bailey, Stephens. 



