Field notes on ornithology and oology collected and recorded during 1891-1895, v4290
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From Shumakers to Longus, Spencer—Lakeville Also a light colored white-barked species was seen above Barrel Springs, Eptedra newadineis Yucca arborescens—First seen at Lake and then more abundantly till we got below Holmes, where it was abundant and 25ft. high. Dies out at Vincent. y. whippei S. Reno. Lake, at Little Rock Creek. Begins at Vincent and is scattering through the pass. Rare in S. Fernando Valley. Seen in Lower Swartout but dictated near summit. Opuntia engelmannii Not in passes, but abundant in S. Fernando Valley. O. bernardina Not seen east nor north of Lang—where a little was seen. Abund. in Fernando Valley. O. echinocarpa Began near Rock Creek and became abundant below Holmes. Sometimes 5ft. high. very abundant for 2 miles below Vincent, when it died out at actor. O. basilaris (?) A few clumps grew below Clyde's in Lower Swartout. Reptiles—Phrynosoma blainvillii Little Rock Creek ! Mammals — Ovis canadensis Mt. Sheep. Reported in Arcamanga Mts. Jamias. Con. at Neaths'. T. leucurus reddish-brown back, white tail turned up and streaked sides—very small. Lower & Upper Swartout. Rock Creek to Soledad Pass Nowhere abund. except low Swartout and below Holmes. Spermophibus Rare at Little R. Cr. and in Soledad Pass. Abund from thence to R. zicle, abund. at Sangus, Sciurus fossier Seen near Neaths', Vepus cab One seen above Lake. b.... Ravenna. Birds — Those seen in Upper Swartout are marked (+) Bride seen this side of L. A. are but rarely noted. Much the same as one would expect. There in Swartout but only in "Lower-upper" Swartout