. An account of the mammals and birds of the lower Colorado Valley : with especial reference to the distributional problems presented . Fis. Ill. PLATE 9 Fig. 12. Giant cactus (Ceretts giganteus) on California side four milesnortli of Potholes. A palo verde stands immediately beyond, its trunk beingnearly hidden by that of the cactus. The extreme height of the latter was28 feet. Openings may be seen in the upper branches. Two of these wereinhabited by a pair each, respectively, of the Gila woodpecker and ash-throatedflycatcher. Photograph taken April 23, 1910. Fig. 13. Giant cactus on Californ

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. An account of the mammals and birds of the lower Colorado Valley : with especial reference to the distributional problems presented . Fis. Ill. PLATE 9 Fig. 12. Giant cactus (Ceretts giganteus) on California side four milesnortli of Potholes. A palo verde stands immediately beyond, its trunk beingnearly hidden by that of the cactus. The extreme height of the latter was28 feet. Openings may be seen in the upper branches. Two of these wereinhabited by a pair each, respectively, of the Gila woodpecker and ash-throatedflycatcher. Photograph taken April 23, 1910. Fig. 13. Giant cactus on California side four miles above Potholes, photo-graphed April 23, 1910. In a hole in this cactus was found a brood of gildedflickers (just beneath short left-hand branch), and three feet higher up in acavity opening on the opposite side of the trunk was a saguaro screech owl. [286] • ■;; !§ ■•■ i J^^iwgHHH ^_ [>;. ^i: ;v:;^t JB.~:J^H ^K^^g^sA- T ^ ,;> ^•,h iHH^^^ - jjI^IbI wglK^&^^ ■., •;.• iSJ^BBfr^^-^^^B H^^^^^Ii ^trrr^ ^ J^^t^^^ ^■ ^t^HH H^^^^^S^^^^flrt w^^ ■v^i^^^vii--- ^§ttl m^^^ggB^^Bj^^P^ ,1,

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