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present are only half full of water. Many springs and small streams head in the canyons around the edge of the Mts. and flow for short or long distances. Other springs and streams come out at the surface of the coal measures around the base of the Mts. The range is therefore fairly rich and the whole range is covered with forests.

Canadian Zone.
The comparatively small parts of the Mts. above 9000 feet and cold slopes down to 8500 feet or in cold canyons down to 6000 feet are covered with canadian zone forest, usually consisting of a dense growth of Aspens populous tremuloides, some [[inserted "P"]]i[[inserted "c"]] pungens and Abies arizonica, Acer glabrum Lepargyrea canadensis, Junipers communis, Rubus nutkanus and strigosus? and in the meadows Veratrum, Gentians, Campanula uniflora and Potentilla frutic[[inserted "o"]]sa. Most of the deciduous plants are dead and gone.

The mammals of Canadian zone are Thomomys [[inserted "f"]]ossor, Microtus mordax, Sorex, Erethizon epixanthus, Sciurus [[inserted "m"]]ogollonensis, E[[inserted "u"]]tamias opera[[inserted "r']]ius. 

The birds of Canadian zone are Cyano[[inserted "c"]]itta, dia[[strikethrough "n"]]demata, Nucifraga columbiana, Sia[[inserted "l"]]ia arctica, Junco

Transition Zone.

Transition zone covers the greatest part of the C[[inserted "h"]]usca[[?]] Mts., extending from 7000 feet on cold slopes up to 8500 feet and on warm slopes from 7500 (or 8000 on very deep slopes) up to 9000 feet (or to 9400 on steep S. W. slopes). It is covered with open forest of Pinus pon[[inserted "d"]]erosa, Quercus[[?]]] gambeli and Pseudotsuga in gulches. The undergrowth are mainly Arctostophylos uvaursa, Ceanothus fendleri, Berberis ripens, Rosa, Symphorocarpas, Prunus

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