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Alpine Chipmunk, Eutamias alpinus 190 



Mono Chipmunk, Eutamias amoenus monoensis 194 



Sagebrush Chipmunk, Eutamias pictus 195 



CaUfornia Gray Squirrel, Sciurus griseus griseus 196 



Sierra Chickaree, Sciurus douglasii albolimbatus 203 



Sierra Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus lascivus 211 



Golden Beaver, Castor canadensis subauratus 215 



Yosemite Cony, Ochotona schisticeps muiri 218 



Black-tailed Jack Rabbits, Lepus californicus 221 



California Jack Rabbit, Lepus californicus caUfornicus 



Desert Jack Rabbit, Lepus californicus deserticola 



Sierra White-tailed Jack Rabbit, Lepus townsendii sierrae 224 



Sacramento Cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii audubonii 227 



Washington Cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii 227 



Mariposa Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani mariposae 228 



Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus hemionus 231 



Dwarf Elk, Cervus nannodes 241 



Pronghorn Antelope, Antilocapra americana americana 242 



Sierra Nevada Mountain Sheep, Ovis canadensis sierrae 243 



The Birds 247 



American Eared Grebe, Colymbus nigricoUis californicus 247 



Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps 248 



California Gull, Larus californicus 248 



Forster Tern, Sterna forsteri 251 



Black Tern, Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis 251 



Farallon Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus 251 



White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 252 



American Merganser, Mergus americanus 252 



Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos 253 



Baldpate, Mareca americana 253 



Cinnamon Teal, Querquedula cyanoptera 253 



Shoveller, Spatula clypeata 254 



Pintail, Dafila acuta 254 



Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus 255 



American Bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus 256 



Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis exilis 256 



Great Blue Herons, Ardea herodias 256 



California Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias hyperonca 



Palhd Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias treganzai 



Anthony Green Heron, Butorides virescens anthonyi 258 



Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax naevius 259 



Virginia Rail, Rallus virginianus 260 



Mud-hen, Fulica americana 261 



Northern Phalarope, Lobipes lobatus 261 



Wilson Phalarope, Steganopus tricolor 262 



Wilson Snipe, Gallinago delicata 263 



Least Sandpiper, Pisobia minutilla ■. 263 



Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia 263 



Killdeer, Oxyechus vociferus vociferus 265 



Mountain Quail, Oreortyx picta plumifera 267 



Valley Quail, Lophortyx californica vallicola 270 



Sierra Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus sierrae 272 



Sage-hen, Centrocercus urophasianus 274 



Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata fasciata 275 



