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iiiid Sail Clemente house Hnch {Carpodacus //lexicana.s cle)nent(s) Averc 

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

 Hndheimeri littoralls). The rocks were covered with iiela(jhieUa 

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

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

 collected species of Eriogonum^ Rhus, Convolvulus, Salicoruia, 

 Ahr'onia, Solanum, Astragalus, Atriplex, and many other genera. 



Fauna of San Clemente Island. — The following lists show the 

 specimens collected : 



MOIJ.USKS." 



Land mollusks. 



Epiphraf/))wp]ior(t iiitrrcisd Binney. I Eitiphniniiiophant !/iiJthi Newcomb. 

 Epiphrof/iiiophord stcuniHUnui Gabh. | 



Mai' In e rnollusl-s. 



Acmaa pelta Escbsolioltz. 

 Acnura scuhra Nuttall. 

 AfitraJium uihIo.sidh Wood. 

 Cardium biarif/iihitiiiii Sowerby. 

 Chlorostonia aurcotincfiini Forbes. 

 CMorostoma (jaUina Forbes. 

 Conus californicus Hinds. 

 Cypraa .fpadicea Gray. 

 Glvpfiis mur'ma Carpenter. 

 Haliotis crachrrodii Leach. 

 Haliotis fulgcn.s Pbilippi. 

 Lucapma crcnuUtia Sowerbj. 



Litfuta californica Conrad. 

 Mucoina naf<ut(t Conrad. 

 Monorcrox cixjonatuiH Conrad. 

 Mopalia niu.scosa Gould. 

 Mur'widca iiicisa Broderij). 

 Xassa tef/ula Reeve. 

 Norrisia norrisii Sovverby. 

 OliveUa hiplicata Sowerby. 

 P.s(ininiohia ruhrnradiatd Conrad. 

 Purpura ostrina Gould. 

 Ravella californica Hinds. 

 Sciirria (Lottia) t/if/antca Gray. 



Insects. 



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

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

 w^ere seen. 



Lizards. 



Uta stanshuriana Baird and Girard. — Collected by the writer 

 and A. AV. Anthony, in August, 1894 ; by the IT. S. Fish Commission 

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



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

 Nos. 151GG-15175." '^ 



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

 the writer carried over specimens of Phrynosoma hlainvillei Gray, 

 and liberated them at Smugglers Cove in August, 1894. 



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

 mission, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIX, pp. .37?. to .378, January 27, 1807. The 

 species listed above were all collected in August, 1804. by the author. 



6 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII. 1800, p. 144. 



f Cope, l»roc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 1800. p. 147. 



