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Hendrickson
1950
Sceloporus occidentalis
Aug. 26 Lower Covington Plate, 5000 ft., Riverside Co., Calif.
and when I looked for the lizard again
it had disappeared. 10 minutes later
it reappeared at about the same
spot.
Stubby Spring, 4500 ft., Riverside Co., Calif.
September 7
In first small canyon E. of spring watched
7 individuals foraging on sandy floor
of rock-walled canyon. Fairly heavy,
soaking rain the preceding day; every-
things moist. Overcast until about
8:00 A.M. Heavy flight of termites—the
animals seemed to be feeding mainly
on these. All were moving about
jerksily with short darts of about
12" or less. All were seen to move up
onto the rocks at the sides of the
canyon at times, but by far the
greater portion of time was spent
on the sand. A decidedly preferable
“perch” seemed to be the exposed
part of a rock which was submerged
in the sand of the canyon bottom
and projected 2"-5" above the sand
surface. The sandy area of the canyon
bottom was from 10'-20' wide; the
7 animals noted at one time were