372 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No. 7. 



(2) Smith Fork, California. 

 This locality refers to a camp near the northwest base of Walker Tass and 25 miles 

 (40 kilometers) above Kernville, on the road to Coyote Holes. 



Merriam, Palmer, Bailey, Fishes. 

 Kern River Lakes, California. (See Soda Springs.) 

 Kernville, Kern County, Calif. Altitude 2,551 feot (777 meters). F, 8. 

 A small town near the junction of the North and South forks of Kern River. 



Merriam, Palmer, Bailey, Fisher. 

 Kings River, Fresno County, Calif. C-E, 5-7. 



This river drains the west slope of the Sierra between the basins of the San Joaquin 

 and the Kaweah Rivers. Its branches rise near the crest of the range between 

 Mounts Brewer and Goddard and flow southwest into the San Joaquin River. 



Kings River Canon, Fresno County, Calif. Altitude 4,500 to 5,000 feet (1,371 to 

 1,524 - meters). 

 The main canon on the South Fork of Kings River, about 10 miles (16 kilomelers) 

 in length Palmer, Fisher, Neisox 



Kingston Peak, San Bernardino County, Calif. F, 13. 



A peak in the northeastern part of the county near the boundary between Cali- 

 fornia and Nevada, and about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southwest of Charleston Peak, 

 Nevada. 

 Lake Charlotte, Fresno County, Calif. D, 8. 



A small lake near timber-line in the High Sierra on the trail from Kings River 

 Canon to Independence, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) west of the summit of Kear- 



sarge Pass Palmer, Fisher, Nelson. 



Lancaster, Los Angeles County, Calif. Altitude 2,350 feet (716 meters). H, 8. 



A station on the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Mohave Desert, 25 miles (40 kilo- 

 meters) south of Mohave Stephens. 



Langley Meadow, Tulare County, Calif. Altitude 11,625 foett (3,542 meters). 



A small meadow containing a lake immediately west of and under the peak of Mount 

 Whitney. Langley Creek, which rises in this meadow, is one of the three main streams 

 which flow into the North Fork of Kern River from the east, above Whitney Creek. 

 Named in honor of Prof. S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 who established his Mountain Camp in this meadow while makiug observations 

 on solar heat on Mount Whitney in the summer of 1881 Palmer, Dutcher. 



La Panza, San Obispo County, Calif. G, 4. 



A post-office near the San Juan River, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of 

 San Luis Obispo Nelson. 



Las Vegas Ranch, Lincoln County, Nev. (See Vegas Valley). 

 Leach Point Valley, San Bernardino County, Calif. F, 11. 



A valley in the Mohave Desert north of the Granite Mountains. 



Leach Point Spring on the north slope of the Granite Mountains and south side of 

 the valley, is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of Pilot Knob, on the so-called 

 Leach Point road from Pilot Knob to Saratoga Springs in Death Valley. Altitude 

 about 3,500* feet (1,066 meters) Merriam, Bailey. 



Lerdo, Kern County, Calif. Altitude about 414 feet (126 meters). G, 6. 



A station on the Southern Pacific Railroad 12 miles (19 kilometers) northwest of 

 Bakersfield '. Nelson. 



t Langley : Researches on Solar Heat, 1884, p. 194. 



