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Carriker—'exico. 
J)9 the correct assumption. The Magnolia was the most abundant,while 
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there is^undo .btab1y a species of Odontophorus present in the Tuxtla 
mountains. I heard of it at TapacoyanVas being present on Cerro Tuxtla, 
and received the same information at El Tular,while to clinch the 
matter,! actually heard them calling on San hartin.(The call.note is 
unmistakable)* 
It is unfortunate that X was not able to learn beforehand of the 
splendid collecting conditions on San ; art in, so that I might have "gone 
there sooner and spent more time,although I do not believe that very 
many additional species would have been secured,but unquestionably some. 
. 0n the return trip I crossed the range from Santiago de Tuxtla to 
Lirios,instead oi making the long circuit around Tuxtla to Tapacoyan, 
and.while I found the trail to be very rock and broken in places,if was 
easily passable for a pack mule in the dry season,but would undoubtedly 
become impassable during the rainy months. One and a half hours were ' 
gained by returning by this route,only 3l/2 hours being consumed 
irom Tuxtla to Tres Zapotes,instead of five by the other route* 
I did not check the altitude at the pass over the range above Lirios 
but would judge that it is probably not more than 1000 feet,possibly 
less. The Tuxtla side is mostly cleared of forest,but there still 
remains a considerable tract of virgin forest on the vies! side at a 
distance of an hour’s ride from Lirios. 
Cerro de Tuxtla and Vicinity. 
The Corro Tuxtla is the southwesternmost extremity of the Tuxtla 
range'where it ends abruptly in this peak,and which rises to an 
elevation of approximately 3,000 feet. There are almost no outlying 
f?ora the S nlain ? r ®° uth ?i<*es,the mountain rising abruptly ° 
foot f tS h h ° Ugh the reglon between Tres Zapotes and the 
18 ° n ?-°f low >fumbled hills,with one fairly high, . 
isolated hill at some distance west of Tapacoyan. 
Arriba diltanf s£on? a ?n ° f ra ° untain lies the hamlet of Tapacoyan 
entirelviS^ ^I 1 ! 3 from Tres Zapotes,and inhabited almost 
^hp^wVin-ii^oi +* ln ' m ? in indian blood largely predominates. 
covered iS*o?°S5S && 
to 0 rMe n on t0 8 °° feet ’ up t0 whioh polnt U ls Possible 
denuded slopes,on the other hand,have been almost completely 
f ° r scattered areas which are too precipitous 
fs r now^sld as pastS:! Ure,and ^ bul * ° f this cleared' land ' 
liie"the r T e ?es n zapot t eB s ° utheast ls — “lly.riot flat 
The first ascent of the mountain was made on March llth.,riding to 
mihtee ?L the k 811 . 0 " the lOT9r slopes in an toS aoTk ° 
tlwhovrlt tST r U -” g 0n fOCt h° tbe lower of th0 two peaks form in* 
n?«ht a "nd r !hno;fo» about , a p ;“”r hiie tbe hiras s&SftjnjB 
poisibl^withr^? 1 ^ S temperature at this time making this 
posoioie without danger to the specimens, it was not a very satisfact- 
xy arrangerne m.,but it seemed the best,tinder the existing circumstances 
there was no decent place to stay in Tapacoyan,while the^ 
DrobbrnT oi" ? l0P68 feW exi3ti «S trails and brooks made the 
problem of selecting a suitable camp site a difficult one. 
fnnnJ W n^ P ?S 16S we f e . secUp ed in surprising numbers,most of the forms 
lands, ° rely ahoent from the surrounding low- 
