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average widath oi' one quarter mile* Is oleart and the water is fairly good 
to drinlc. Has au alatost due north and south direotion* open country to the 
north and northwest, but boxes in between atountains at south end. Public 
roads on both sides; a saw mill on east side. 
I estimate tliat there are 1000 birds here now, many of this number 
being yellow-head blaokbirds and some redwings. Coot abundant with young. 
i<;ared grebe also fairly oonmon with their young in the middle of the lake, 
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diving lor their food. 
1 see very fen ducks, one mother duok leading her eight young, half 
grown, about over the lake. 
Magpie and long-crested Jay very, very abundant, also crows. 
elevation about 7£00 feet, has very little rank water-grass around on its 
shorsB, it is not adapted to the breeding of waterfowl. The lake is almost 
a little less, and appears to be shallow. 
duly £4th. 1 found very few duok and no sign of breeding. No heran^ 
or Grain, 'quite a lot of coot with young, also redwing and other blackbird. 
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(Spetimen 57) drower blackbird but no yollowhead blankbird. 
Before X reaohed these Uyp and bait Lakes that lie north of the **White 
Sands" south of the Mai Pai Flow, 1 was told that there were many duoke and 
snipe at them. On investigating, I find that there had been many water birds 
but the lakes are very low now, and the water is so heavily inpregaated with 
HXK LAX£, JXUABILLA NEbKHVATIOH. 
As Kook Lake, which lies north of Stinking Lake about six miles. 
round, and at present, 1 suppose it covers about ^ of a squar<< rails, perhaps 
SALT LaiCEb AND MAL PaX Sl^XNO, TULAhUSA FLATS. 
mineral that nothing can drink it. 
