Gilmore 1926 Cabazon, 1700, Riverside Co. Calif. March 16, 1926. The valley slopes gently to the east and along its southern border flows the Whitewater River, now a trickling trickling stream winding in a broad wash basin 100-200 ft. wide. In some places the river seems has two channels but only one is flowing. Quite a few birds are present, some of them being, Lark Sparrows, Cactus Wrens, etc. Numerous wild flowers are scattered over the valley and scattered clumps of desert grasses complete the desert scene. Numerous small lizards may be found in the clumps of vegetation and the sandy runways are filled with the tracks of the nocturnal. Kangaroo rat, Coyotes, Foxes and skunks have drunk from the stream in the vicinity as is shown by their tracks and numerous morning birds and quail, both momitius and valley may be heard and seen at all times of the day.