CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SXAKER. 



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The followin*^ account of the liabits of Siwlo^Mrus {/raciosns is given 

 by Dr. Merriaui in his report upon the results of the Death Valley 

 expedition : 



This species, wliicli is ;i characteristic iulial)itaut of the Upper Soiioraii aud transi- 

 tion zones in northern Nevada, eastern Orej^on, and. Idaho, was very abundant on the- 

 sage-covered plateau of Mount JIagnuler at an altitude of 2,450 meters (8,000 feet); 

 in the sage ])lains on top of the White and Inyo mountains near the boundary between 

 California and Nevada; and on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada west of Owens 

 Valley (at 2, 150 meters, or 8,000 feet). It was common also among the sage and juni- 

 per on the Juniper Mountains, along the boundary between Nevada and Utah. 



Sccloponin f/raciosus is geuerallj' found in company with such Transition zone spe- 

 cies as the sage thrasher (fh-oscopfes moiitaniis), Brewer's sparrow (Sjnsclla breicerii), 

 the Nevada sage sparrow {Amph'ispiza helli neradcnsis), the sage-plains chipmunk 

 {Tiunias minimiia 2)icli(s), tlie sage-brush pocket mouse {I'erof/nathus oliraceiis) aud thi; 

 sage-plains spermophile (S2)erino2)hiliiH mollis). 



Sccloporus graciosus Baird and Girard. 



2877 

 2861 

 2888 

 3073 

 2832 

 2969 

 2842 

 2844 



2881 

 21108 



8490 



2877 



4978 



21478-9 



Locality. 



Salt Lake . 



Yellowstone, Nebraska 



Oregou , 



Tl>])t'r Pitt River, Oklahoma. 



Siena Nevada 



Salt Lake 



West of Rocky Mouutaius, 

 Oklahoma. 



Salt Lake, IT tab 



Strawberry Valley, Califor- 

 nia. 



Strawberry Valley, Sau Ja- 

 cinto Miiuntaiu, River- 

 side County, Calitornia. 



Abicjiiiu, New Mexico 



Salt L.-ike, Utab 



rtab 



Umatilla, Oregon 



From wbom received. 



Captain Stansbary 



Dr. Ganibel 



Colonel Vangbn 



Ex. Expedition 



Lieutenant W'illiam.son . 



Lieutenant Beckwitb. 

 (rovernor Stevens 



Lieutenant Beckwitb. 

 rrof. C. H. Gilbert 



C. R.Orcutt. 



Dr.O.Lnew 



Cai)t. H. Stansbury, U. S. A. 



CMcCartby 



U. S. Eisb Commission 



Nature of specimen. 



Alcoholic, 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 di). 



ilo. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



TT.S. 



N.M. 

 No. 



Age and 

 sex. 



Locality. 



18134 Female. Mount Magrnder. Nevada 



1813.=; Female.' do 



1S13G Female.' do 



18137 Male.. ! Juniper Mountains. Nev.ada 



18138 Female. Juniper ^Mountains. Sbri-ii .Spriug, l.'i 



I iiiiles east of I'aiiaca. Nt^vada. 



18139 Malo...l Higli Sierra, we.sf xf Lcuu! I'ine, Cali- 



I fornia. 



18140 I Female.! Panamint Mountain, Willow Creek, 

 I California. 



18141 Male...! (?) 



Alti- 

 tude. 



Feet. 

 8,000 

 8, 000 

 8, 0(10 

 «, 700 

 6,700 



8,000 



(i, 400 



(?) 



When 

 collected. 



From whom 

 received. 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



June C 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 



Mav 19 

 ...do.... 



June 18 



Merriam Sage plain. 



do 



Bailey 



Merriam 



Bailey 



Merriam 



:May 12 Nelson 

 (?) I (?) 



do. 



do. 



lu.junipei'S. 



(?)' 



'Without a label, but with the following note by C.W.Richmond: "Received July 2, 1891 with 

 pecimeus from Urapevine, Lone Pine, etc. ' 



