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Merced to Lipeo (con) 
At this point we kept to the west side of the Con- 
dado and a few niles below -left river and cllnbed 
up oarer a rang_e of hills and dropped down into the_ 
valley of the Rio Lipeoito,which empties into the 
Lipeo about a mile above its junction “'fith the 
'Candado. Tnis whole region is heavily/' forested, 
but everything very dry at tnis time and the heavy 
frosts are causing tne leaves to dropon many of the 
trees. We dropped doan tne Lipeito to its_ junction 
with the Lipeo, then ascended that stream about a milel 
when v/e reached the farm of Bluskv and Manatt, called 
Monte Bello. There is little in tne wa’i of_ buildings,, 
or accomodations and we had things pretty rough there 
in everv 
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Monte Bello . Hio Lipeo. (about 2,000 ft.) 
(Collected here from Aug,'7 to Aug,28 incluaive). 
The region of the Rio Lipeo seems to have a 
heavier rainfall than any of the surrounding country 
and covering a more extended period, for we found -the. 
forest there very luxuriant and the vegetation fresh 
er and greener. On tne floor of the vallem(which" is 
broad in places(-y mile) the forest is heaays, with ta=ll 
and large trees. The undergro?/th consists of tall 
shrubbery ana small trees, with little in the wav of 
lo?/, tangled gro?rth or vines, so that it was compara.tive; 
ly eas’" to get about in it, Mucii of this is di^e to the 
fact that for many years cattle and horses have grazed 
here in the forest. On the slopes of the hills the 
undergrowth is thickei- anu *uore tangled. 
The Rio^Lipeo is a large stream ana carries rauch 
water in rainy season. At this time it was very low, . 
averaging about 120 feet wide,with many deep,still 
stretches and shallow riffles,not more than 2 feet deep 
Tne water is crystal clear and very cold. 
Tne Lipeito is a small xfesfscxxt stream,,whlcii one can 
cross on the Doulders at most everv bend at this season 
uut water clear auu cola. 
Birds were very abundant here, especially some specie 
while^otners were very scarce. Tne uird f’ciunu. it> ver 2 / 
peculiar,many species being present wnicu oiit; would 
natural!:/ expect under these conditiono, wiiixc on uae 
otaer hand man;/ others which are natuarally ^Gouciati 
with those present, were not found at all 
Trochilidae were almost entirely absent,both as to 
species and individuals, The only Wren was Troglodytes 
musculus. Only two species of Formicariidae were 
found, one new 
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