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San Rafael, San Anselmo, Sausalito, Rock Spring, Point 

 Reyes Station, Inverness, Camp Taylor), Napa (Napa, Calis- 

 toga, Aetna Springs, St. Helena, Yountville), Solano (three 

 miles west from Vacaville, Benicia), Contra Costa (Antioch, 

 Crockett, Mount Diablo, Concord, Walnut Creek), Alameda 

 (Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda, San Leandro, Calaveras Val- 

 ley, Livermore, Altemonte), San Joaquin (Tracy, San Joa- 

 quin Bridge), Merced (Sweeney's Ranch Los Banos, Mer- 

 ced, Snelling), Mariposa (Coulterville, Anderson Flat, 

 Pleasant Valley, one mile south from Feliciana Mountain), 

 Tuolumne (Big Oak Flat, Groveland to Crocker's, Hodg- 

 don's), Placer (Auburn), El Dorado (Fyffe), Amador (five 

 miles east from Carbondale), San Francisco (Presidio, 

 Golden Gate Park, Lake Merced), San Mateo (Menlo Park, 

 Woodside, Searsville Summit, La Honda, Point San 

 Pedro, Pescadero), Santa Clara, (Palo Alto, Black 

 Mountain, Santa Clara, Los Gatos, Alum Rock Can- 

 yon, Smith Creek, Canada Valley, Coyote), Santa 

 Cruz (Soquel, Santa Cruz, Big Basin), San Benito 

 (San Juan, Hollister, Bear Valley, San Benito Valley), 

 Monterey (Salinas, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel, Sea- 

 :>ide, k San Macento, Jolon, San Antonio Mission, Pleyto, 

 Bradley, Hames, Chalk Peak, Arroyo Seco, Metz), San Lms 

 Obispo (San Miguel, San Luis Obispo, Santa Lucia Peak 

 at 5600 feet, Santa Lucia Mountains, Pismo, Edna, Santa 

 Margarita, Calf Canyon, Alamo Canyon, Indian Creek, Sin 

 Juan River, Pozo, Palo Prieto Canyon), Fresno (Los Gat:>s 

 Canyon), Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, Goleta), and Ven- 

 tura (San Buenaventura), counties. 



Habits. The Blue-bellied Lizard is by far the most 

 numerous of its tribe in western central California. It is 

 usually to be found about fences, piles of wood or stone, the 

 great brush-heap homes of the wood-rat (Neotoma), or 



