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10; and Joseph, October 11—13. A trip was made to the top of the Tularosa Moun¬ 
tains, October 12; after which they went down San Francisco Canyon, October 13, 
reaching Alma October 15 and Mogollon October 16; crossing the ridge the next 
day to the upper part of Willow Creek (a prong of the Middle Gila), where they 
camped from October 17 to 29, Bailey climbing White Water Baldy, October 23. 
Descending the mountains they stopped at Mogollon, October 30; Glenwood, 
October 31-November 4; Cactus Flat, November 5; Cliff, November 6-8; and 
Mangos Valley, November 9; reaching Silver City, November 10, where work 
ended for the season. The bird notes from the last part of this trip, Willow Creek 
to Glenwood, were published by F. M. Bailey as: A Drop of Four Thousand Feet 
(Auk, XXVIII, pp. 219-225, 1911). 
In 1907 the Baileys, on their way to California, passed through Tucumcari and 
El Paso, stopping at Deming, May 30-31, and at Lordsburg, June 1-3. 
In 1908 Bailey went by train to Albuquerque, Belen, and Mountainair, July 
28-29, and on July 30 climbed to the top of Manzano Peak. Returning by rail 
from Mountainair to San Marcial on July 31 he drove 19 miles toward Rosedale 
and returned to San Marcial, going by train to Mcsilla Park, August 1. Remain¬ 
ing there over night he went the next day by train to El Paso, Deming, Silver 
City, and back to Deming. Leaving Deming by wagon, August 4, he went by way 
of Gage and Playas Lake to the Adobe Ranch in the Animas Valley,where,on August 6 
he met Goldman and Birdseye, who had been collecting in the region for some 
weeks. After spending a week with them, during which time the Animas Moun¬ 
tains were explored and the Gray and Lang Ranches were visited, he left Goldman 
at the Lang Ranch, August 11, and, accompanied by Clarence Birdseye as far as 
Farmington, reached Hachita the next day by way of San Luis Pass, Dry Creek, 
and the Playas Valley, then going by train to Lordsburg, August 13, and by way of 
Deming to Silver City, August 14-18. Leaving Silver City by wagon, August 19, 
he was at the G. O. S. Ranch and Terry Canyon, August 20, and Rocky Creek, Au¬ 
gust 21-23; he climbed Quaking Asp Peak, August 23, and was at Diamond Creek, 
August 24; Old Fort Vincent, August 25; Beaver Lake, August 26-27; Elk Moun¬ 
tains, August 2S-29; Negrito Creek, August 30; Reserve, August 31-September 2; 
San I rancisco Mountains, September 3; and Luna, September 4-6, going thence 
into Arizona. Three weeks later he reentered New Mexico by the Zuni River 
and was at Ojo Caliente, September 21; Zuni, September 22; Gallup, September 
23-27; Fort Defiance, Arizona, September 29; near Chuska Peak, September 30- 
October I; Chuska Lakes, October 2-5; north end of Chuskas, October 6-11; making 
trips to the Tunicha Mountains, October 8; and to Crystal, October 9 and 11. 
Going down Tunicha Creek, October 12, he was at Chaco River, October 13; Fruit- 
land, October 14-18; Farmington, October 19; Largo, October 20; he went up 
Canyon Largo, October 12, and was at Pueblo Bonito, October 23; Bluewater, 
October 25; San Rafael, October 26-November 1; then going by train to Kettner, 
November 2, by way of Thoreau and over the divide to the head of Bluewater River, 
He went by train to Engle, November 6, visiting the reclamation works at Elephant 
Butte and then going by train to Mesilla, November 7-9, during which time a 
trip was made to the Organ Mountains. 
[In 1918 Bailey entered northeastern New Mexico from Texas on the Colorado 
and Southern Railway and was at Clayton, Union County, from April 2 to 5, 
making a trip by automobile to Clapham on Major Longs Creek, about 25 miles 
southwest of Clayton on April 5, and leaving for Colorado by train that night. 
In 1924 he entered New Mexico from Pecos, Texas, and went up the Pecos 
Valley by train to Carlsbad on March 10, the next day driving out to the Carlsbad 
