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and San Clemente house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus dementis) were 

 feeding extensively upon the ripe fruit of the prickly pear (Opuntia 

 lindheimeri littoralis). The rooks were covered with Sefatginella 

 rupestris and Cotyledon; and from the bank of a stream we obtained 

 a huge tuberous root of an abundant species of Eehinocystis. We 

 collected species of Eriogonum, Rhus, Convolvulus, Salicomia, 

 Altronia, Solatium, Astraf/ah/.s, Atriplex, and many other genera. 



Fauna of Sun Clemente Island. — The following lists -how the 

 specimens collected : 



Moi.i.rsKN." 



Lund mollusks. 



Epiphrdgmophora intercisa Kinney. j EpiphragmopJiora gabbi Newcomb. 

 Epiphragmophora steamsiana Gabb. 



Marine mollusks. 



Acrncea pelta Eschscholtz. 

 Acmcea scabra Nuttall. 

 Astralium undosum Wood. 

 Cdrdium biangulatum Sowerby. 

 Chlorostoma aureotinctum Forbes. 

 Chlorostoma gallina Forbes. 

 Conus californieus Hinds. 

 Gyprcea spadicea Gray. 

 Olyphis murina Carpenter. 

 Haliotis cracherodii Leach. 

 Haliotis fulgens Philippi. 

 Lucapina crenulata Sowerby. 



Lucina californica Conrad. 

 Macoma nasuta Conrad. 

 Monoceros engonatum Conrad. 

 Mopalia muscosa Gould. 

 Muriddea incisa Broderip. 

 Nassa tegula Reeve. 

 Norrisia norrisii Sowerby. 

 Olivella biplicata Sowerby. 

 Psammobia rubroradiata Conrad. 

 Purpura ostrina Gould. 

 Ranella California! Hinds. 

 Scurria ( Lottia ) gig ant ea Gray. 



Insects. 



Ants, mosquitoes, bluebottle flies, kelp flies, spiders, beetles, yellow- 

 banded wasps, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and a large black fly 

 were seen. 



Lizards. 



Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard. — Collected by the writer 



and A. W. Anthony, in August, 1894; by the I\ S. Fish Commission 

 (Charles H. Townsend '')- two specimens, January 23. 



Xantusia riversiana Cope. — ""Several adults in line condition. 

 Xos. 15166-15475." '• 



Note. — No horned toads were found on San Clemente Island: but 

 the writer carried over specimens of Phrynosoma blainvillei Gray, 

 and liberated them at Smugglers Cove in August, 1894. 



a See Report on the Mollusks collected by the International Boundary Com 



mission. Proc. r. S. Nat Mns.. XIX. pp. : > .7:'. to 378, January 27, 1897. The 

 species listed above were all collected in August. 1894, by the author. 



6 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. XIII. 1890. p. 144. 



''Cope, Proc. T-. S. Nat. Mas., XII, 1899. p. 147, 



