Christopher Swarth’s publication of his ornithologist grandfather’s journal of his fist trip to Arizona, then called the Arizona Territory, transports the reader back to the 1800s and to a time when birding and fild ornithology were much diffrent from today. Ths era was a time of great ornithological discovery and when little was known about Arizona’s unique avifauna. Ths slender volume of Harry S. Swarth’s journal is not only a readable scientifi document of a bygone era, it remains a relevant description for comparison to the avifauna of Ramsey Canyon in the 21 st century. Th book is organized into three sections.