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set along the cliffs along the bluffs facing Lake Chapala near Ocotlan.

Peromyscus (15733) A single specimen was caught along a cliff several hundred feet above the lake.

Procyon.  A number of tracks were seen.

Lutra  Otters are described by the people and are said to be not uncommon. While I was stopping at the little ranch called Las Tortugas on the lake shore about six miles from Ocotlan, otters came in the night and took six large cat fish from a fish pen in the edge of the lake in front of the house. The heads were left uneaten and were scattered about along the beach near the pen. Two fish were left unharmed in the pen. Traps were set but on the following night the otters did not return. They are said to live in large holes below the water-line in a rocky bluff near the ranch. The water at that point is deep. They are said to be rather common in the Sula river above Ocotlan, where they live in holes which enter the banks among the roots of Bald Cypress trees. Occasionally the fishermen see them sunning themselves on the rocks along the shore of Lake Chapala.

Nasua  A few are said to occur in the hills surrounding the lake.

Tatu novemcinctus. A few are said to occur in the hills. 

Odocoileus  Deer are said to occur in the higher hills surrounding the lake but are not abundant.

Baiornys (15710) Very common and well distributed. 

Reithrodontomys (15739) A single specimen was taken among the grass on a rocky slope several hundred feet above the lake. 

Reithrodontomys (15716). Several specimens were taken among the coarse grass growing on the wet borders of the marshes along the Sula river. 

Spermophilus variegatus. Common among the rocks along the shores of the lake. Several were seen in passing by canoe, and two were secured for specimens. 

Urocyon.  Said to occur. 

The following birds were noted at Ocotlan and on or around lake Chapala.
Sayornis nigricans
Pyrocephalus r. mexicanus
Mimmus
Quiscalus macrorus
Tachycineta bicolor
Catherpes mexicanus

Transcription Notes:
Zula river, per Internet search/map.