PLATE 15 



a. Detailed vie\\' near Bocky Point on base of tains sloiie on north side of Yoseniite 

 Valley; golden oak association, Transition Zone. Inhabited by the California Wildcat, 

 Boyle White-footed Mouse, Streator Wood Eat, California Ground Squirrel, Mariposa 

 Chipmunk, California Gray Squirrel, Band-tailed Pigeon, California Woodpecker, West- 

 ern Skink and Coral King Snake; and, in summer, by the Cassin Yireo and Black- 

 throated Gray Warbler. 



b. Shaded south margin of Merced Eiver near El Portal, as photographed in Decem- 

 ber; lower margin of Transition Zone. The habitat of the Adorned Shrew and Sierra 

 Cantankerous Meadow Mouse, and in winter, of the American Dipper. 



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