370 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No. 7. 



Hesperia, San Bernardino County, Calif. Altitude, 3,181 feet or 9G9 meters (S. C. 



Ry.). 1,10. 



A town on the Southern California Railway, just north of Cajon Pass and 36 miles 

 (58 kilometers) north of San Bernardino .. .Merriam, Palmer, Fisiiek, STEPHENS. 

 Hockett Trail, California, 



An old military trail from Visalia, Tnlare County, to Lone Pine, Inyo County. 

 The main trail runs np the South Fork of the Kaweak River, thence across the 

 divide and up the North Fork to Soda Springs, where it follows Whitney Creek to 

 Big Cottonwood Meadows; from this point it descends the steep eastern slope of the 

 Sierra to Lone Pine. A side trail funs from Mineral King through Farewell Gap to 

 the head of Little Kern River and strikes the old trail near Trout Meadows. 



Palmer, Bailey, Fisiiek, Nelson. 



Horse Corral Meadows, Fresno County, Calif. Altitude, ahout 8,000* feet (2,438 



meters). 



A small meadow on the trail from Camp Badger to Kings River Canon, situated 

 north of Mount Silliman Palmek, Fisiiek. 



Hot Springs, Inyo County, Calif. E, 10. 



Warm springs on the east side of Panamint Valley, near the mouth of Surprise 

 Cafion Merriam, Bailey, Fisiiek, Nelson, Stephens. 



Hot Springs Valley, Inyo County, Calif. E, 9. 



This name is applied to the northern end of Salt Wells Valley, which lies ahout 

 10 or 15 miles (16 or 24 kilometers) southwest of Coso Peak Palmek, Stephens. 



Hungry Hill Summit, Lincoln County, Nev. C, 13. 



A divide in the Desert Mountains hetween Emigrant Valley and the head of the 

 north arm of Indian Spring Valley Merriam, Bailey. 



Independence, county seat of Inyo County, Calif. D, 8. 



The station on the Carson and Colorado Railroad (26 miles or 42 kilometers north 

 of Keeler, at an altitude of 3,718 feet or 1,133 meters), is ahout 2 or 3 miles (3 to 

 5 kilometers) east of the town. Old Camp Independence, an ahandoned military 

 post, was located about 2 miles (3 kilometers) north of the town. 



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



Independence Creek, Iuyo County, Calif. 



A small stream on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada, which rises on the east 

 slope of Kearsarge Pass and flows into Owens River near Independence. 



Palmek, Fisher, Nelson, Stephens. 

 Indian Spring Valley, Lincoln County, Nev. D, 13. 



A narrow east-and-west valley north of the Charleston Mountains, with a north 

 arm west of the Desert Range Mekkiam, Bailey, Nelson. 



Indian Wells, Kern County, Calif. Altitude, 2,608 feet (795 meters). F, 9. 



A stage station on the road from Mohave to Keeler, near the southeast entrance to 

 Walker Pass Me kkiam, Palmer, Fisher, Bailey, Stephens. 



Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, Calif. C-D, 8-9. 



The first of the desert ranges east of the Sierra Nevada, forming the eastern wall 

 of Owens Valley. Remarkable for its height and the steepness of its slopes. The 

 name Cerro Gordo Range is sometimes given to the southern part of these mountains ; 

 but the Cerro Gordo, Inyo, and White mountains practically form one eoutinuous 

 range. The highest points are Waucoba Peak (altitude, 11,267 feet, or 3,403 meters), 

 Mount Halm (altitude, 11,030 feet, or 3,362 meters), and New York Butte (altitude, 

 10,675 £eet ; or 3,254 meters) \ Nelson. 



