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Title: Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seeker. By George Wharton James. With a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
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Publisher: Boston Page company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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armonious with its unique songs, will never forget itsrare enchantment. They leave here from the first to thethird of May — seldom can one be seen after the fifth —and return about the fifth of August, with their young.They go to the Platte and Mississippi Valleys to breed. A complete chapter could be written upon the birdsfound on the Lower Colorado River, which, as is wellknown, forms the boundary between Arizona and Cali-fornia, but this would be of interest only to the technicalornithologist. To these reference is made to JosephGrinnells Account of the Mammals and Birds of theLower Colorado Valley, published by the University ofCalifornia.1 Few people know the difficulties and hardships under 1 To Harry S. Swarth, both by his letters and his DistributionalList of the Birds of Arizona, and to Dr. Joseph Grinnell, Professorof Biology of the University of California, and his assistant MissWythe, I am under considerable obligation for material assistancewhile writing this chapter.
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A TREE AND CANAL LINED STREET AT CHANDLER, ARIZONA. The Birds of Arizona 167 which the ornithologists labor who study the birds of thegiant cactus region. The following picture is from oneof Mr. Swarths bird articles, and is illuminating in moreways than one. Just north of our camp was a steep circular hill, apparently ofvolcanic origin, covered with loose black boulders, and rising abruptlyfrom the sea; other similar ones were also scattered irregularlythrough the valley. The only growth on the hill was a giant cactus(Cereus gigantens), with which huge plants the southern slope wasthickly covered, there being none upon the opposite side. Out onthis hill, exposed to the full glare of the Arizona sun, in June, wefound it impossible to work except in the early morning and latein the afternoon, being driven to shelter in the middle of the day.It is no joke to carry a twenty-foot ladder about on level ground,from one cactus to another, but on the steep hill side, stumbling overloose bould

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