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California Jack Eabbit ( Lepus californicus). —About 22 inches long; grayish 
mixed with black and tinged with brown; long ears tipped with black; tail 
black above, grayish below. Usually seen in open fields. Food consists of 
herbage of all kinds; destructive to young trees because the bark is eaten. 
Cottontail ( Sylvilagus auduboni). —About 15 inches long; grayish above; 
throat and belly white; tail grayish above, white beneath. Usually seen in 
brushy areas where open spaces are to be found. Food composed of small 
plants, twigs, and bark; sometimes destructive to young trees. 
California Brush Rabbit ( Sylvilagus bachmani) .—Above, grayish brown mixed 
with blackish and tinged with brown; tail small, tinged with grayish brown 
above and on sides; white below; distinguished from cottontail by darker 
color and shorter ears and tail. Usually seen in thick brush, seldom ventur¬ 
ing far from its shelter. Food largely the stems, leaves, and bark of 
plants; widely used as food. 
Black-tailed Deer ( Odocolleus columbianus) .—Male with antlers; in winter 
grayish; in summer brownish; has shorter ears and is not so large as mule 
deer which is found in the Sierras. * Usually seen in forested or brushy 
areas in coast region north of San Luis Obispo County. Food largely leaves 
and twigs. One of the best large game mammals; about 12,000 deer are 
killed annually in this state. 
XI. REFERENCE BOOKS 
1. Badenoch—Romance of the Insect World. 
2. Bailey—The Nature Study Idea. 
3. Chandler—Habits of California Plants. 
4. Comstock—Hand Book of Nature Study for Teachers. 
5. Comstock—Insect Life. 
6. Coulter and Patterson—Practical Nature Study and Elementary Agriculture. 
7. Essig—Injurious and Beneficial Insects of California. 
8. Grinnell—Our Western Birds. 
9. Hodge—Nature Study and Life. 
10. Holden—Real Things in Nature. 
11. Jepson—Trees of California. 
12. Jepson—A Flora of Middle Western California. 
13. Parson—Wild Flowers of California. 
14. Patterson and Dexheimer—Lesson Plans for Teachers in Nature-Study 
Agriculture. 
15. Payne— California Wild Flowers and Native Trees and Shrubs. 
16. Rogers—Tree Book—Oaks of the Pacific Coast. 
17. Rogers—Among Green Trees. 
18. Wheelock—Birds of California. 
19. Wickson— California Garden Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, and Vines. 
20. Wickson—California Fruits and How to Grow Them. 
21. Wickson—California Vegetables in Garden and Field. 
22. The Nature Library, 15 volumes—Books on Insects, Animals, Trees, etc. 
23. Monthly Bulletin of California State Department of Agriculture. 
24. Weeds— Bulletin California State Department of Agriculture. 
