1894 
Popocatepetl 
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January 
Iztaccihuatl 
January 
of saccaton. Their color and habits are remarkably like those of 
Arvioola living in the same localities. As an experiment a number of 
steel traps were set in their runs. 
During my trip today, a number of birds were seen. On the plains 
between the mountains, 12,200 to 15,000feet, I saw many Aim, superell- 
iosa, Slalia mexicana, and Sturaella mexicana, At 15,000 feet several 
raven® and a sparrow hawkj at 14,000 feet a turkey buzzard, Among the 
trees from 9,600 to 12,000 feet I saw flickers. Pigmy nuthatches, 
Gyanura diademata. Mex. titmice, Hutton * s Vireo,. Olive-head, Warbler, 
BSSH&gL S2iS2&&&0 creeper, robins, Turdus audgbonl (and a few Catharus 
o oeid, at 11,000 feet) also Hod Warblers, small headed redstarts. Prom 
9,000 to 12,500 feet, Violet gr» swallows common. In the evening, a 
pipy owl and several Mex, Whipperwills were heard about our camp, 11,000 
fe8t « £Mi£JSSroSK and Trog, bran, were also seen at from 10,000 to 
11,600 feet, 
January It On bringing in traps In the morning it proved that it 
was a fortunate -thing that they were set a® 3 fine L, djazi were caught 
during the night and in addition a Heotoma was taken in one of their runs 
and in, the gopher traps set we secured a fine species of gopher never 
taken by us before, with a yellow spot under each eye. With the gome 
brought in by my men, 1 now have as many small rabbits as I came for, 
and am ready to leave here. We broke camp right after breakfast and 
nearly all day was occupied in crossing from our camp to the cave at 
base of Iztaccihuatl, just at timberline, 
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It was severe work crossing the glacier basins with their sharp, 
high, intervening ridges and in many places it was too dangerous to 
ride. My Indian hunters insisted that it was impossible to cross be¬ 
tween the mountains by this route, ^he Indian pecker I had along showed 
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