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Beauty in character Forms of the yucca and maguey 

 The lluvia d'oro Grotesque forms Abnormal colors 

 Blossoms and flowers Many varieties Wild flowers 

 Salt-bush The grasses and lichens The continuous 

 struggle 128 



CHAPTER IX. Desert Animals. Meeting desert re- 

 quirements Peculiar desert character Desert Indians 

 Life without water Endurance of the jack-rabbit 

 Prairie dogs and water Water famine Coyotes 

 and wild-cats living without water Lean, gaunt life 

 Fierceness of animals Attack and escape The wild- 

 cat Spring of the cat Mountain lion His habits 

 The gray wolf Home of the wolf The coyote His 

 cleverness His subsistence His background The fox 

 The prey Devices for escape Senses of the rabbit 

 Speed of the jack-rabbit His endurance The " cotton- 

 tail " Squirrels and gophers Desert antelope His eyes, 

 nose, and ears His swiftness The mule-deer Deer 

 in flight White-tailed deer The reptiles Defence of 

 poison The fang and sting The rattlesnake and his 

 poison Spiders and tarantulas Centipedes and scor- 

 pionsLizards and swifts The hydrophobia skunk The 

 cutthroat band The eternal struggle Brute courage 

 and character Beauty in character Graceful forms of 

 animals Colors of lizards Mystery of motion 150 



CHAPTER X. Winged Life. First day's walk Tracks 

 in the sand Scarcity of birds Dangers of bird-life No 

 cover for protection Food problem Heat and drouth 

 again A bird's temperature Innocent-looking birds 

 The road-runner Wrens and fly-catchers Develop- 

 ment of special characteristics Birds of the air The 

 vulture His hunting and sailing The southern buzzard 

 The crow The great condor Eagles and hawks Bats 



