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Valley, Santa Catalina Island, San Clemente Island), Ven- 

 tura (Ana Capa Island, San Buenaventura, Matilija, Mount 

 Pinos), Santa Barbara (Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara), 

 Kern (Fort Tejon, Tehachapi Mountains, west side of Wal- 

 ker Pass, head of Kelso Valley near Weldon, Fay Creek six 

 miles north from Weldon, Canebrake east of Onyx, Onyx, 

 Kern River at Isabella and near Kernville, Bodfish, Bakers- 

 field, Edison, McKittrick, Buena Vista Lake, San Emigdio 

 Plains, Caliente, Rose Station), San Luis Obispo (Simmler, 

 Cuyama Valley, San Juan River near Shandon, Edna), 

 Monterey (Metz), Tulare (Tipton, Earlinart, White 

 River), Fresno (Lane Bridge, Fresno, Pleasant Valley 10 

 miles west from Huron), Madera (Raymond), San Benito 

 (Bear Valley, New Idria), Merced (five miles north from 

 Los Bahos), San Joaquin (five miles south from Lathrop, 

 Corral Hollow near Tracy), and Contra Costa (Mount 

 Diablo), counties, California. 



How much of northwestern Lower California is occu- 

 pied by this subspecies is not known. It has been reported 

 from Los Coronados Islands (East and South Islands) and 

 Tiajuana, and may range down to or beyond Ensenada. It 

 is said, however, that this subspecies quickly changes to U. 

 stansburiana elegans, which occupies the rest of the penin- 

 sula. 



Habits. — The Brown-shouldered Lizard is a ground lov- 

 ing species usually found in open fields or deserts or among 

 rocks. Upon the approach of an enemy it quickly retires 

 to some hole or crevice and shyly peeps out from time to 

 time to see if the intruder has departed. At the old mission 

 at Santa Barbara before its "restoration" these graceful lit- 

 tle lizards were especially tame and abundant, and lived 

 among the stones of the walls and fountains, darting in and 

 out of the crevices which once were filled with mortar, sun- 



