1892 
Agosto 
Vio.of 
. 
Plantinar 
(Jalisco) 
Apr. 3 
to 
Apr. 5 
off of th© thieves is looked upon, and the influence is a very good 
one. Still every on© considers it necessary to carry arms. 
The road from Agosto (formerly one of the main centers of 
robbery on the road) to Tonila is patrolled by 5 soldiers (mounted) 
and smother squad of 5 ride from Agosto to Zapotlan. 
The people through this section of country are very poor and de¬ 
pend on the corn grown on the thin layer of poor soil on the under¬ 
lying bed of conglomerate. 
The east slope of the Si© rra g de Colima is very dry only 3 or 4 
streams coming down in deep barrancas while springs are almost un¬ 
known even high up. Animal life is consequently scare©« A peculiar 
thing about the distribution of plants here is the fact that the 
pines grow down to 5000 feet, while th® oaks on east slope are only 
found high up. 
Curiously enough, I find a large number of mammals and birds 
ranging from the hot coast country up to the pines. These are mainly 
the following speciesj Deer, Peccaries, Tojones, Sclurus. Lepus 
insolitus. Armadillo, Urocc/on, Prooyon, Dide Infers . and several mioe. 
The fine large Spermophilus macrourus reaches its lower limit a 
few hundred feet below the pine belt. 
The following birds noted on road from near Tonila to Agosto, 
April 2 to April 5. 
Meadow Lark ( neglecta) 
Raven 
Yel.-head. blk, bd. 
Cowbirds 
Chondestes grammaca 
Violet - gr. and Rough wg. Swal. 
Spotted Sandpiper 
Audubon and Yellow Warbler 
Blk-eap. Flycatcher 
Lanius excubitoroides 
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