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D. Strong
1925
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about eight specimens by fire light.
San Ysidro, June 5, 1925.
Mourning dove G. B. Goldfinch
Brewer blackbird Anna Hummingbird
Vireo (w.w.) Rufus Hummingbird
Cassin or Ark. Kingbird Song Sparrow (several singing
Valley Quail Wren Tit
Night Hawk Brown Towhee
Phainopepla Cooper Hawk.
SAN PEDRO MARTIR MISSION
June 6, 1925. About six miles from San Ysidro we came
on the impressive ruins of the San Pedro Martir Mission.
The ground works are very large and intensely interest-
ing. Mounds show the plan of the walls, and stone
foundations and rubble walls are still in evidence. Plain red potsherds are common. There is a good creek
here, and a hot spring. The valley is now desolate but
once probably was a garden spot. We should have ex-
ploded more thoroughly for a little dragging would prob-
ablely yield much of interest.
We continued on down very steep dry ridges to the
Santo Domingo river (La Grulla stream), stopped and paid
our respects to the family at San Antone and continued