INDEX 



Oilman, French, 83, 91, 92, 195; 



quoted, 195-98. 

 Gnatcatcher, black-tailed, 203, 



204. 



Gnatcatcher, plumbeous, 201-04. 

 Gopherus agassizii. See Tortoise, 



desert. 

 Grass, squaw, 285. 



Hare, black-tailed, or jack rab- 

 bit, 151, 223-32. 



Heleodytes brunneicapittus. See 

 Wren, cactus. 



Hornaday, Dr. William T. ( 34. 



Hydrophobia, 156, 157. 



Indian Springs Ranch, 214. 

 Indians, 36, 243, 244, 260. 

 Indians, Cahuilla, 186, 187, 243. 

 Indians, Hopi, 36. 

 Indians, Zuiii, folk-tale of, 119, 



120. 



Johnson, Mr,, 273, 274. 



Keyes Ranch, 288. 



King, Dr. John C, quoted, 185, 



1 86. 

 Kocher, Dr. J. H., quoted, 288- 



90. 



Lactrodectus mactans, 181-87. 

 Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray, 



quoted, 151, 152. 

 Lederer, Gus, 149. 

 Lepus californiciis deserticola. 



See Hare, black-tailed. 

 Lizard, desert horned, 273-80. 

 Lizard, flat-tailed horned, 280. 

 Lizard, gridiron-tailed, 165-69, 



235-38. 

 Lizards, and road-runner, II, 12; 



and snakes, 165-70. See also 



Chuckwalla. 



Lumholtz, Karl Sofus, 158. 

 Lynx, desert, 211-15. 



Mammoth Wash, 250. 



Mearns, Dr. Edgar A., 31, 36, 



139. 

 Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, quoted, 



242. 



Mesquite, 174, 175. 

 Mistletoe, 174. 

 Mouse, spiny pocket, 57-65. 



Neotoma intermedia desertorum. 

 See Rat, pack. 



Opuntia. See Cholla. 

 Ovis cremnobates, 135 if. 

 Ovis nelsoni, 135-42. 



Palm Springs, 82. 



Pasiano. See Road-runner. 



Pemberton, J. R., 14; quoted, 15. 



Pero^nathus spinatus. See Mouse, 

 spiny pocket. 



Phainopepla, 173^78. 



Phoradendron calif orniea, 174. 



Phrynosoma platyrhinos. See 

 Lizard, desert horned. 



Polioptila plumbea. See Gnat- 

 catcher, plumbeous. 



Rabbit, jack. See Hare, black- 

 tailed. 



Rabbits, pounding, 53.; 



Rabies, 156, 157. 



Ralston Desert, 237. 



Rat, pack, trade, or wood, 25-53. 



Rattlesnake, black, 169. 



Rattlesnake, horned. See Side- 

 winder. 



Rattlesnake, pallid, 253. 



Rattlesnake, tiger, 253. 



Rattlesnakes, and road-runner, 

 16, 17; and wood rat, 37; and 

 horned lizard, 278, 279. 



Ridgway, Dr. Robert, 8. 



Road-runner, 3-21; and horned 

 lizard, 278. 



Sacaton Indian Reservation, 83, 



91, 92. 

 Sage, thistle, 129. 



