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mammals. Two hundred and fifty-two specimens of birds, a few large mammals, 
besides 312 specimens of small mammals, some reptiles and a good many scraps 
of plants were collected, the latter only for identification as no time could be 
allowed for the preparation of herbarium specimens. 
I am indebted to Professor W. R. Dudley for identification of most of the 
plants and aid in the preparation of the accompanying map. 
South of Monterey the main ridge of the coast range, or, as it is here called, 
the Santa Lucia range, lies very near the coast. The descent therefore from heights 
of 3000 to 5000 feet to sea-level within 5 or 6 miles is very great and the deep 
canyons cutting this western 
slope add to its extreme rough 
character. 
North of the Big Sur where 
the country is less mountainous 
and south of Mt. Mars where 
the range takes a sudden turn 
inland leaving a wide level 
country about San Simeon, there 
is considerable farming done 
and good roads are to be found; 
but between the Big Sur and 
San Carpojo on the western 
side of the range there are no 
roads and very little farming is 
done besides cattle raising. 
The region traversed was par- 
ticularly interesting in that it 
was found to be the southern 
limit of the Humid Coast Belt of 
California. Several northern 
plants and animals find their 
southern limits in this place and 
some northern forms inter-grade 
thru this region with closely 
allied southern forms. 
That part of Monterey county 
between Salinas Valley and the 
coast, can be roughly divided in- 
to two very different faunal areas, 
namely the interior pine regions 
and the coast region proper. It 
was in this coast region that we 
spent most of our time, visiting the pine regions only on the headwaters of Big 
Creek for a week and on the ridge. above Partington canyon and the ridge above 
Spruce Creek for a day each. The coast region is much like other parts of the Cali- 
fornia coast belt but is much narrower than the northern coast belt and the humid 
conditions are much more restricted. 
The redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens ), a typical form of the humid coast for- 
est, was found on nearly all of the creeks on the west side of the first ridge of 
the coast range south of Carmel Bay, as far as a small canyon just north of Sal- 
mon Creek, and was greatly restricted by local conditions. 
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