tips about the size of Clarke's crow.
Started on at 1:40 p.m. Where we got our first glimpse of the Pajarito Plateau and the Rio Grande Valley I found the slope of the plateau to be 2° toward the Rio Grande. It slopes also down the Rio Grande Valley, but I got no measurements. Went down the Colorado nearly to the Painted Cave and camped just where the water disappeared stopping at 5 p.m. Rather warm evening. The canyon here flows nearly south.
Heard canyon wren and saw several Rocky Mt. hairy woodpeckers at camp before night. Beautiful night.
Painted Cave, N. M., Monday,
Aug. 15, 1910.
Up at 5 a.m. Started down to the cave at 6:15. Most of the pictures are in red. A horse, 2 bears and a jay are in black. The cavern is in the cap tufa up the cliff, as at the ceremonial cavern in the Frijoles Canyon. There are figures of men, hands, serpent, elk, a star, 2 churches surmounted by a cross, mt. lion, perhaps coyote, and one somewhat resembles moose. Men are all front view, most of the animals side view. I think there is one clear front view of an elk, and
