INDEX. 



387 



Colymbus anritns, 13. 



nigricollis californicus, 12, 13, 150, 153. 

 Comastes sackeni, sp. nov., 255. 

 Contopus borealis, 63. 



richardsoni, 64, 155. 

 Coot, 21-22, 150, 153. 

 Coreidae, 249. 

 Corimelaanidae, 249. 

 Cormorant, Baird's, 14. 

 Brandt's, 14. 

 Farallon, 14. 

 Corvus americanus, 71-72. 



corax sinuatns, 70-71, 151, 155. 

 CorylophidaB, 240. 

 Cossidse, 245. 

 Cottonwood, 335. 

 Cowania niexicana, 287, 305-30G. 

 Cowbird, 73, 157. 

 Crane, little brown, 20-21. 

 Creeper, California, 136. 

 Creniastochilus westwoodii, 23G. 

 Creosote bush, 286, 293-295. 

 Crophius disconotus, 263. 

 Crossbill, Mexican, 81-82. 

 Crotalus cerastes, 216-218. 

 lucifer, 218-219. 

 tigris, 214-216. 

 Crotaphytus baileyi, 165-166. 

 silus, 170. 

 wislizenii, 167-1G3. 

 Crow, 71-72. 

 Cryptophagidse, 240. 

 Cuckoo, California, 45, 151, 151. 

 Culex, 253. 



Cnlex inornatus, sp. nov:, 253. 

 Curculionidse, 243. 

 Curlew, Hudsonian, 24. 



long-billed, 24, 154. 

 Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus, 72-73, 155. 

 Cyanocitta stelleri, 68. 



stelleri frontalis, 69, 155. 

 Cypseloides niger, 54, 155. 

 Cyprinodon macularius, 232-233. 

 Cjprinodon macularius baileyi, subsp. nov., 233. 

 Cyprinns carpio, 231. 

 Dafila acuta, 17, 150. 

 Dalea fremonli, 298-299. 

 johnsoni, 299. 

 polyadcnia, 293. 

 Dascyllidse, 241. 



Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus, 30-31. 

 Dendrocygna fulva, 19, 153. 

 Dendroica asstiva, 118-119, 157. 



auduboni, 119, 120, 152, 157. 



nigrescens, 120-121. 



occidentalis, 121-122. 



townsendi, 121-122. 

 Dermestidae, 240. 

 Desert willow, 322. 

 Diadophis pulchellus, 203-201. 

 Dipsosaurus dorsalis, 164-165. 

 Dove, mourning, 32-33, 150, 154. 

 Dracotettix plutonius, sp. nov. 267-2C3. 

 Dryobates nuttalli, 47-48. 



pubescens gairdnerii, 47. 



Bcalaris bairdi, 7, 8, 47. 



Dryobates villosns hyloscopus, 46-47, 154. 

 Duck, baldpate, 16, 150. 



blue-winged teal, 16, 153. 

 bufflehead, 18, 153. 

 canvasback, 18. 

 cinnamon teal, 16-17, 150, 153. 

 fulvous tree, 19, 153. 

 gadwall, 15-16. 

 golden-eye, 18, 153. 

 green-winged teal, 16, 150. 

 harlequin, 18. 

 mallard, 15, 150, 153. 

 merganser, 15. 

 pintail, 17, 150. 



red-breasted merganser, 15, 153. 

 redhead, 17, 153. 

 ring-necked, 18. 

 ruddy, 18, 150. 

 scoter, 18. 



shoveller, 17, 150, 153. 

 surf scoter, 18. 

 widgeon, 16. 

 Dytiscidas, 239. 

 Eagle, bald, 39. 



golden, 38-39, 154. 

 Echinocactus johnsoni, 351. 



polyancistrus, 351-352. 

 polycephalus, 351. 

 wislizeni lecontei, 352. 

 Egret, 20. 



Elanus leucurus, 34. 

 Elasmocerus, 236. 

 Elateridae, 241. 



Einpetrichthys mcrriaml, gen.et. sp. nov. 233-231. 

 Empidonax diflicilis, 64^65. 

 hammondi, 65. 

 pusillus, 65, 155. 

 wrigbtii, 65-66, 151, 155. 

 Encelia frutescens, 312. 

 Encoptolophus pallidus, sp. nov., 266. 

 Ephedra nevadensis, 286, 335-336. 



viridis, 287, 336-337. 

 Ephydra Mans, eaten by shoveller, 17. 



snowy plover, 25-26. 

 Texas nighthawk, 53. 

 western wood pewee, 61. 

 Ephydra tarsata, sp. nov., 257-258. 

 Erax aridus, 254. 

 Ereunetes occidentalis, 23, 154. 

 Eriodictyon tomentosum, 320. 

 Eriogonum inflatum, 332. 



polifolium, 331-332. 

 Erismatura rubida, 18, 150. 

 Eucnide urens, 308. 

 Eumeces skiltonianus, 201-202. 

 Eumenidae, 247. 

 Eurotia lanata, 329-330. 

 Eutscnia, see Thamnophis. 

 Euxesta spoliata, sp. nov., 257. 

 Ealco columbarius, 40, 154. 



mexicanus, 39-40, 150, 154. 

 peregrinus anatum, 40. 

 sparverius deserticolus, 40-11, 151. 

 Falcon, prairie, 39-40, 150, 154. 

 Eallugia paradoxa, 2S7, 306-307. 

 Finch, California purple, 79. 

 Cassin's purple, 79-S0. 



