36 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Cnicus neo-mexicana, Gray. Metcalf; September. 
Perezia wrightii, Gray. Longfellow. 
Perezia nana, Gray. Ward’s Canyon; May. 
Trixis augustifolia, D.C. Chase Creek; October. 
Stephanomeria runciata, Nutt. Common. 
Stephanomeria thurberi, Gray. Blue River. 
Microseris linearifolia, Gray. Common. 
Malacothrix sonchoides, H. G. Common. 
_Malacoth.fendleri, Gray. Common. 
Malacoth. glabrata, Gray. Common. 
Calycoseris wrightii, Gray. Common. 
Lactuca ludoviciana, D. C. Blue River. 
Aster erecoides, L. Frequent. 
Aster multiflorus, Ait. Duncan. Metcalf. 
Porcupine, Grouse and Sparrow 
While Dr. Hasse and I were botanizing in the Tehachapi 
Mountains in the first week of June, this year. We flushed a 
solitary grouse on the slopes of Mt. Tehachapi about 6000 feet 
altitude. Dr. Minney of the Pme Tree Mining Company in- 
forms me that one of the workmen shot two grouse near there 
last winter. This bird, probably the common grouse of the 
Sierra Nevadas, must be rare so far south, as I have never 
before seen it In my many wanterines in the San Bernardino 
Range. Near the mining camp Dr. Minney has frequently 
seen a lone porcupine, another rare mammal in this country. 
Stephens (Mammals of 8. Cal.) reports its having been seen 
in the San Bernardino Mountains in 1903. 
The common English sparrow has reached Laneaster on the 
Mohave Desert. We saw two pairs there last year. It may 
soon reach Los Angeles. 
A. DAVIDSON. 
