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and San Clemente house finch {Carpodacn.s mexicanus dementin) were 

 feeding extensively upon the ripe fruit of the prickly pear (^^vr/t^M 

 lindheimeri Uttorcdis). The rocks were covered with SeUc/inella 

 rupestris and Cotyledon; and from the bank of a stream we obtained 

 a huge tuberous root of an abundant species of Echinooystis. We 

 collected species of Eriogonum, Rhus, Convolvulus, Salicomia, 

 Alronia, Solanum, Astragalus, Atriplex, and many other genera. 



Fauna of San Clemente Island.— The following lists show the 

 specimens collected : 



MOLLtrSKS." 



Land molluslcs. 



Epiphragmoplwra intercisa Binney. I Epiphrapinophora gal)J>i Newcomb. 

 Epiphraomopliora stearnniaiiti Gabb. | 



Marine molhisks. 



Acmwa pelta Eschscholtz. 

 AcmcBO scabra Nuttall. 

 Astralimn undosum Wood. 

 Cardium Mangxilatum Sowerby. 

 CMorostoma aureotinctmn Forbes. 

 Ghlorostoma gallina Forbes. 

 Conus ealifornicus Hinds. 

 Cyprwa spadicea Gray. 

 GlypMs murina Carpenter. 

 Haliotis oracherodii Leacb. 

 Haliotis fulgens Pbilippi. 

 Luoapina crenulata Sowerbj. 



Lucina californica Conrad. 

 Macoma nasuta Conrad. 

 Monoceros engonatum Conrad. 

 Mopalla muscosa Gould. 

 Murioidea incisa Broderip. 

 Nassa tegula Reeve. 

 Norrisia norrisii Sowerby. 

 Olivella iipUcata Sowerby. 

 Psammohia rul)roradiata Conrad. 

 Purpura ostrina Gould. 

 Ranella californica Hinds. 

 Scurria (Lottia) gigantea Gray. 



Insects. 



Ants, mosquitoes, bluebottle flies, kelp flies, spiders, beetles, yellow- 

 banded wasps, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and a large black fly 

 were seen. 



Lizards. 



Vta stansburiana Baird and Girard. — Collected by the writer 

 and A. W. Anthony, in August, 1894 ; by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 (Charles H. Townsend *), two specimens, January 23. 



Xantusia riversiana Cope. — " Several adults in fine condition. 

 Nos. 15166-15175." " 



Note. — No horned toads were found on San Clemente Island ; but 

 the writer carried over specimens of Phrynosoma blainvillei Gray, 

 and liberated them at Smugglers Cove in August, 1894. 



a See Report on the Mollusks collected by the International Boundary Com- 

 mission, Proa U. S. Nat. Mus., XIX, pp. 37.3 to 378, .January 27, 1897. The 

 species listed above were all collected in August, 1894, by the author. 



1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, p. 144. 



Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 1899, p. 147. 



