xiv ILLUSTRATIONS 



DESERT BIGHORN (Ovis cremnobates) 136 



Photograph of a mounted group by courtesy of the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences 



DESERT LYNX 146 



COYOTE AT BAY 146 



Photograph furnished by Biological Survey, U.S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture 



COYOTE-PROOF HENHOUSE MADE BY THE CAHUILLA 

 INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA 150 



A DESERT CANON 174 



NEST OF THE LE CONTE THRASHER 194 



Photograph by Wright M. Pierce 



YOUNG LE CONTE THRASHER 206 



Photograph by Wright M. Pierce 



NEST OF THE VERDIN IN A CAT'S-CLAW BUSH 206 



BLACK-TAILED HARE 232 



CHUCKWALLA 240 



THE SIDEWINDER, OR HORNED RATTLESNAKE 248 



THE PALLID RATTLER (Crotalus mitchellit) 248 



A DESERT TORTOISE WHICH HAS JUST CRAWLED 

 FROM ITS WINTER-HIDING BETWEEN THE ROCKS 258 



VlNEGAROON 270 



