poor, and that the ford across the river was dangerous on account of quicksands, and we decided to go on to Phoenix instead. We killed a yellow rattlesnake about four feet long, the first we have seen. Rising took a set of eggs of Palmer's Thrasher, and a set of Phainopeplas. We also found a Roadrunner's nest containing two eggs. Saw many Great Blue Herons and some large flocks of White Pelicans along the Gila. The pure white of the pelicans, with their black wing tips gives them an exceedingly striking appearance. He also saw some ducks, Yellow-legged Plover, Breast Sandpipers, Killdeer, a Farralone Cormorant, many Phainopeplas, Great catchers, Gila Woodpeckers, and Vermilion and Arizona Crested Flycatcher. At night the frogs made so much noise we could hardly get any sleep. March 20: The road was hard almost all day although slept in places, and especially so in a long pass through some mountains. The whole country seems to be of volcanic origin, as we passed lots of pumice stone, and in places, what seemed to be partly molten rock. He found some agates, and other stones just as beautiful. He saw an eagle in the pass, and at a ranch house, a number of Lina, and Mexican Ground Loves. Gila Woodpeckers were numerous. Hill caught a large Black papilio butterfly, a species of which we saw many, but they were very wild. He found a dead Gila Monster in the road near where we camped, and killed a rattlesnake in the same place.