Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-25 | Page 4 | Naturalists Investigating in Northwestern Mexico

Naturalists Investigating In Northwestern Mexico S Birds and mammals i in 1 parts of Mexico Mex Mex- leo ico hitherto practically unknown to science form tho the objective of a three months' months expedition by Vernon Bailey Balley naturalist of ot the U. U S. S biological survey survey sur sur- vey and Frederic Winthrop Jr collector collector collector col col- lector for the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge Mass who have left for northern foz Chihuahua and Sonora T They y will vill travel fravel by automobile automobile automo automo- bile bile where practicable and talc take to horseback when the tho roads dwindle down clown to trails Many animal species known to the American southwest range across the border into these two states of at Mexico Mex ico and one of the aims of at the expedition expedition will be to determine and ma mathe map the thc southern limits of their occur occur- rence Some of ot the animals like wolves mountain lions and bears bearE are of economic importance as preda- preda tories and since they cross the border border border bor bor- der at will they sometimes present baffling problems to hunters seeking to protect American ranches from their depredations