The valley to the west is mostly wooded in the bottom 
and on the eastern slopes,but the range on the west sic| 
side is completely bare. .The forest in this valley is 
of the ff dry H type,and when cut away is usually replaced 
by acacias and other spinous forms. A sort of wild 
pineapple is .present- in huge, patches,very thorny and 
almos t im penetrable. Cattle h av e ranged through this _ 
woodland so that one may get through fairly well most 
anywhere,except for the wild pineapple; Quite a var-. 
3 tv of species were found in -this valley,although.the 
fauna is largely that of the Samaipata valley. 
-however the valley to the east proved to be entire¬ 
ly different. The name of this, valley is: 
TO 
Tareas 
T’roxa the saddle at the. f oot. .of . the Meson,a gently 
sloping valley runs down to the east into the main 
valley, hich runs north to south. The south side of 
Jshis valley (the Meson range.) -is practically bare of 
vegetation, other than grass,hut the north side is for t| 
tbs greater portion heavily wooded,with a luxuriant 
rathe r .. h umid f orest,with trees a v e rag i n g around 
ix.ty feet in height,much t Her in the damper portion^ 
The. range running north,which separates the two 
v a lley rises t o a .height of _wrobabIy.-close to. 9,000 ... 
feet,or more at the head of the Piedra Blanca valley, 
arid is” coropletly forested, with roany gentle slopes 
.running dow n in to Pi..edra Blanca 3 a There are 
some small farm down in the bottom of the valley 
where"It is largely ITT cultivation or returned to sec¬ 
ond growth scrub, while the east .slopes. ,x>f the valley 
are steep and mostly bare of.forest. 
T t on these forested siones on the west side of 
the Pi ed ra. P -Tanoa valley tlia.t-pravad_t- 0 .be .amazingly _ 
rich in its bird fauna. It was very difficult to 
collect"..there due to the long 'distance from Samaipata, 
and.there was .no, place—to_.stay, -in the, v a lley, so we-had. 
to rnahe trips ranging from 12 to 18 miles daily in 
order ..to get the birds there. 
v e would start-fr om B afeaipatarhat. 4—A.Ih- -with—flash* 
lights,reach the top of the reson by good daylight, 
and"work- the upper slopes of the valley,get -mg back t 
Samaipata- usual ! t h o ut - 1 - P . M. This > very productive 
but 1 rt breaking labor. The last week we cl anged our 
taetics and starting at 4 -.."..with a lunch,would spend 
the whole nay on — the—trip, coye c 1 ny a-bout 2 th miles -— 
and securing usually about 5o birds,which were 
c 
prepared the following day. 
The- birds- - of .this r e g d en- -s eem e d— - be a mi xt u re --ff-f- 
s pe cies taken at incachaoa, San Ja cinto and. Palmar, 
and i was much surprised to fine Pipile cumanensis 
