390 



INDEX. 



Menodora spinoaa, 28C. 



spinescens, 318-319. 

 Merganser americanus, 15. 

 serrator, 15, 153. 

 red-breasted. 15, 153. 

 Morula migratoriapfopinqtia, 14G-147, 152, 153. 

 Mesquite, 299-300. 

 Mieropus, see Aeronautes. 

 Mimus polyglottos, 127-128, 152, 157. 

 Mistletoe berries, eaten by phainopepla, 113. 

 Mocking bird, 127-128, 152, 157. 

 Molothrus ater, 73-74. 151. 

 Mollusks, report on, 269-283.- 

 Moiiantliia labeculata sp. iiov., 2G4. 

 Mordellidae, 243. 

 Mortania scabrella, 296. 

 Mountain mahogany, 305. 

 Mulberries, eaten by cedar-wax wing, 113. 

 Murre, California, 13. 

 Mutillidae, 247. 



Myadestes townsendii, 144-145, 157. 

 Myiarcbus cinerascens, 60-G1, 151, 155. 

 Myrmecidse, 247. 

 Nabidse, 250. 

 Nemobius, 266. 

 Nightkawk, Texas, 7, 8, 53-54, 151, 155. 



western, 53, 151. 

 Nitidulidas, 241. 

 Noctuidse, 245. 



Notiphila decoris, sp. nov., 253. 

 Notodontidae, 245. 

 Nbtonectidse, 250. 

 Numenius budsonicus, 24. 



longirostris, 24, 151. 

 Nutcracker, Clark's, 72,155. 

 Nuthatch, pygmy, 137-138. 

 red-bellied, 137. 

 slender-billed, 13G-137. 

 Nycticorax nyctieorax nasvius, 20, 150, 153. 

 Uyiuphalidse, 244. 

 Oaks, 333-334. 

 Oidemia americana, 18. 



perspicillata, 18. 

 Omopbron dentatum, 237. 

 Oucunyia, abbreviata, 255. 

 Ophibolus, see Lampropelti3. 

 Opuntia acantbocarpa, 347. 



basilaris, 349-350. 



beinardina, 347. 



ecbinocarpa, 347-348. 



engelraanni occidcnlalis, 350. 



parryi, 348-349. 



pulcbella, 349. 



ramosissima, 349. 



rutila, 350-351. 



wbipplei. 348. 

 Oreortyx pictus plumiferus, 7, 8, 20-27, 154. 

 Oriole, Bullock's, 77-78,151,156. 



Scott's, 7,8,76-77. 

 Oroscoptes montanus, 12G-127, 152, 157. 

 Ortboptera, 251-252. 

 Osprey, 41-42, 151. 

 Othniidae, 242. 

 Otiovhynckidae, 243. 

 Otocoris alpestris arenicola, 66-67, 155. 



alpestris chrysokenia, 67-6S, 155. 



Oust), water, 125-120,157. 

 Owl, barn, -<2, 154. 



burrowing, 44, 151, 154. 

 California screech, 43. 

 long-eared, 42. 

 sbort-eared, 42. 

 spotted, 42. 

 western horned, 43. 

 Pamera nitidula, sp. nov.,262-2G3. 

 Pandion haliaetus carolinensis, 41-42, 151. 

 Pantarbes capito, 259. 

 Papilionidao, 244. 

 Partridge, plumed, 7, 8, 26-27. 

 Parus gambeli, 139-140, 157. 

 inornatus, 138. 

 * inornatus griseus, 138-139. 

 rufescens neglectus, 140. 

 Passerella iliaca megarbynclia, 101-102, 156. 

 iliaca schistacea, 102. 

 iliaca unalascbcensis, 101. 

 Passerina amcena, 107-108, 152, 156. 

 Patula striatella, 271. 

 Peaches eaten by house finch, 80-81. 

 Pelecanus californieus, 14, 15. 



erythrorhynchos, 14, 153. 

 Pelican, California brown, 14, 15. 



white, 14, 153. 

 Pelomyia, gen. nov., 258. 

 Pelomyia occidentalis, sp. nor., 253. 

 Pentatomidae, 249. 



Peraphyllura ramosissimuru, 287, 307. 

 Perognathus impaled by white-rumpcd shrike, 



114. 

 Petalonyx parryi, 308. 

 Tetrocbelidon lunifrons, 110, 156. 

 Peucaea cassini, 7, 98. 

 ruficeps, 98. 

 Peuceaphyllum schottii, 316. 

 Pewee, western wood, 64, 155. 

 Phainopepla nitens, 113-114, 157. 

 Phalacridae, 240. 



Phalacrocorax dilopbus albociliatns, 14. 

 pelagicus resplendens, 14. 

 penicillatus, 14. 

 Phalsenoptilus nuttalli, 51-52, 151, 155. 



nuttalli californieus, 52-53. 

 Phalarope, Wilson's, 22, 150, 153. 

 Phalaropus tricolor, 22, 150, 153. 

 Phoebe, black, 63, 151, 153. 



Say's, 61-62, 151, 155. 

 Phrynosoma blainvillii, 187-190. 

 Phryuosoma cerrnense, sp. nov. 187. 

 Phrynosoma goodei, sp. nov., 191-192. 



platyrhinos, 190-194. 

 Physa gyrina, 276. 



heterostropba ; 276-277. 

 Phycitidas, 246. 

 Pica pica hudsonica, 68. 



nuttalli, 68. 

 Picicorvus columbianus, 72, 155, 

 Pigeon, band-tailed, 31. 

 Pinacodera punctigera, 237. 

 Pine nut eaten by piiionjay, 73. 

 Pine siskin, 85. 

 Pinicola enucleator, 79. 

 PiDon, 287, 337, 338. 



