INDEX 



Alverson, A. H., quoted, 51. 



Amargosa Desert, 276. 



Amboy, 258. 



Ammospermophilus leucurus. See 

 Chipmunk, antelope. 



Anota macalli. See Lizard, flat- 

 tailed horned. 



Anthophora. See Bees, mason. 



Ash Meadows, 276. 



Auriparus flaviceps. See Verdin. 



Baeria, 92. 



Bailey, Florence Merriam, 



quoted, 88. 

 Banning, Cal., 169, 176. 

 Barstow, Cal., 169. 

 Beaumont, Cal., 176. 

 Bees, mason, 125-32. 

 Beetle, pinacate. See Eleodes. 

 Bendire, Major Charles E., 



quoted, 16, 17. 

 Bighorn, desert, 135-42. 

 Blake, Prof. William P., 113 

 Blake Sea, 113, 114. 

 Bobcat, 157 ». See also Lynx, 



desert. 

 Brandegee, Dr. Katherine, 



quoted, 229-32. 

 Bryant, Dr. Harold, 11, 277; 



quoted, 274, 277-79. 



Cactus, barrel, 140, 227, 228. 

 Cactuses, used for protection, 



69. See also ChoUa. 

 Cahuilla, Cal., 186. 

 CcUlisaurus ventralis. See Lizard, 



gridiron-tailed. 

 Canis ochropus estor. See 



Coyote. 

 Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. 



See Wren, canon. 



Chaparral cock. See Road- 

 runner. ! 



Chapman, Dr. Frank M., 82. 



Chipmunk, antelope, 97-105. 



Chipmunk, round-tailed. See 

 Squirrel, round-tailed ground. 



Cholla cactus, Bigelow's, 32-34, 

 69. 



Chuckwalla, 241-44. 



Citellus tereticaudus. See Squir- 

 rel, round-tailed ground. 



Colorado Desert, 113, 114. 



Colorado River, 113. 



Comstock, John Henry, 269. 



Corn Springs, 149. 



Coyote, no, III, 119, 120, 145- 

 59; and jack rabbit, 223-25; 

 and tapeworm, 230, 231; and 

 desert tortoise, 260, 261. 



Coyote Canon, 213. 



Coyote Holes, 273. 



Crotalits cerastes. See Sidewinder. 



Cushing, Frank, quoted, 119, 

 120. 



Death Valley Expedition, 276. 

 Dog, and coyote, 158. 

 Dresser, Mr., 8. 



Eleodes, 117-22. 



Emerton, James H., quoted, 187. 



Epicampes rigens. See Grass, 



squaw. 

 Eytel, Carl, 288-90. 



Flycatcher, black-crested. See 

 Phainopepla. 



Gaillard, Lieutenant, 62. 

 Geococcyx californianus. 

 Road-runner. . 



See 



