Notes from Catemaco, Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 26 - May 5, 1394 (Cont'd.) 
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Vegetation. 
The main crop about Catemaco is tobacco. Next comes com, which in 
conjunction with cattle raising form the main industries of the people here. 
A few bananas and cocoanuts are grown and a coffee plantation on the east shore 
of the lake shows that this plant could be cultivated here to advantage. The 
locality is somewhat similar to that at Otattitlan in being situated in a 
border line between the Arid and Humid Tropical Areas. The low hills, plains 
and valleys about the western side of the Lake are dry, covered with rather 
small and sparse arboreal vegetation and some open grassy llanos are encountered. 
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Elsewhere the heavy humid tropical forest prevails, descending to the water»s 
edge along the eastern shore of the lake. Mahogany, "Cedar", and various 
humid tropical forest trees go to make up the woods of these hills while the 
plants sent in from this locality numbering from 401 - 4 4^ except where other¬ 
wise specified in the catalogue belong to this zone. The arid tropical 
species - or semi-arid tropical from the dry plain and hills about the western 
shore of the lake are those numbered from 382 to 399» The locality is very 
rich botanically and the plants sent in are merely representative of the 
commonest species flowering at the time of my visit. 
Bird Notes - Catemaco, Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 26 - May 5, 1894. 
Colymbus dominicus brachypte ra 
Graculus mexic anus 
Fregata aquila 
Ardea e gretta 
Ardea candidissima 
Ardea t. ruficollis 
Ardea virescens Pelecanus fuscus 
Cochlearius zeledoni 
Fulica americana 
Gallinula galeata 
Bartramia longicauda 
Actitis macularia 
