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“ Very common in valley, foothills and up to 6,000 feet in the mountains. They are fearless little creatures and will readily enter cabins in the mountains and keep the occupant awake by rattling pots and pans while scrambling around in search of food, needless to say creating an awkward situation for the host. They have been known to take up their abode underneath houses in Claremont and take the liberty of scampering around the parlor floor without regard to the presence of human beings. ”

“ The mountains reach an elevation of ten thousand feet within a few miles of the college and these with the nearby ocean afford many special advantages for the study of things not in books. Special advantages are afforded by the fact that the college limits its attendance, the freshman class being restricted to two hundred applicants. The success of the college is particularly indicated by the large proportion of the graduates who proceed to advanced work in the large universities. In addition, well-manned departments of music and art afford exceptional advantages. ”

“ Fairly common in the brush. They are not swift runners and rely on escaping by hiding behind clumps of brush. This is more typically an Upper Sonoran form.
Felis oregonensis oregonensis. (Rafinesque.) Pacific Cougar. Numberless reports are always coming in of Mountain Lions and as usual most of them prove to be unfounded. However authentic records of these beasts are not lacking. I have personally inspected a specimen shot in Cold Water Canyon not more than five years ago. Tradition has it that at one time a mountaineer was actually besieged for two days in the little cabin at Browns Flats. ”

“ Where they go in winter is as yet a mystery to me, probably lower into canyon heads for I have never found them on the top during this season. This of course is natural for these peaks practically become great ice mountains dangerous for anything to travel over. Besides grass the food consists of twigs and leaves of Castonapsis sempewirens, several species of Ceanothus, Rhammus croceus californicus, Rhus trilobata and a parsnip Pastinaca sativa.
Citellus beecheyi. Richardson. California Ground Squirrel. Abundant in all parts from brush land to 8,000 feet altitude in suitable localities. ”

“ They are good climbers, exceedingly active and bursting with curiosity.
Onychomys torridus ramona. Rhoads. San Bernardino Grasshopper Mouse. But two specimens of this carnivorous mouse were taken in a period of trapping extending over three months. Both specimens were taken on bait consisting of rolled oats and in the same place, east of Indian Hill in the brush. A good many of my specimens were more or less devoured in the traps in this locality, and I strongly suspect this mouse of the crime. Nowhere else were my mice eaten or were any grasshopper mice taken. ”

“ Not common. None were taken in the valley and few in the canyons. They were not found along waterways but frequently brushy hillsides. This is a large species of mouse and was almost too much for the little “gee whiz” traps to hold.
Peromyscus eremicus fraterculus. Miller. Dulzura Mouse. Common in the brush land of both valley and foothill, being found in the canyons also.
Reithrodontomys megalotis longicauda. Baird. Long-tailed Harvest Mouse. Common in valley and foothill. Although partial to grassy areas (I took many in the grassy runways made by meadow mice—Microtus californicus) . ”

“ Montgomery, 1897, discusses the minute anatomy of the nerve cells. Coe, 1895 and 1910, considers the general anatomy of the nervous system, but nerve details are for the most part not shown.
In a young Carinella cingulata Cole which I have studied by means of reconstructions, I find no unusual features. ”

“ In the spring of 1912 a ♀ was shot at the mouth of San Dimas canyon and brought to the college. In December 1914 a ♀ in very worn pelage was shot while crossing the Santa Ana river near Prado Beach and brought to me to be skinned. Finally while trapping for foxes in Palmers canyon in March of 1916 I took a male.
Canis ochropus ochropus. (Eschscholtz.) California Coyote. Common in the brush land above Claremont and in the foothills. The yapping bark is a very familiar cry to any who live near the outskirts of the town and may be heard nearly any evening. ”

“ Of the points mentioned the first three peaks are the favored ones. I found only a few tracks on Iron Mountain and a rumor of a pair of horns found there some five or eight years ago. “Old Baldy” being too « 102 » often visited is not a frequented spot for the sheep, serving only as a connecting link to Iron Mountain. However signs around Ontario, Cucamonga and Telegraph peaks are abundant and anyone with a little patience and diligent endeavor can readily see the sheep themselves. They travel often in bands, as many as fifty and in summer keep to the highest places. ”

“ The specimen which I saw was from one of the tributary canyons to the San Gabriel river.
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Lynx eremicus californicus. (Mearns.) California Wild Cat. Common in the mountains and ranging over the valley. About once a year a specimen is brought in to be skinned or identified and great stories are told about them. One of the commonest fallacies is that there are two forms in the mountains, one a “Bob cat” with short tail and ear tufts, and the other a true “Link” or Lynx with longer tail and more prominent ear tufts. ”

“ This species was one of the most common forms taken, being abundant in the brushy valley and foothills. There is a great deal of color variation in the specimens taken.
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Peromyscus boylei rowleyi. (Allen.) Rowley White-footed Mouse. No specimens were trapped in the valley. However these mice were found not uncommon at the mouth of Palmers canyon, just four miles north of Claremont, in the dry brush land. Within the canyon they were common and were taken as high as the top of Ontario peak along fallen logs. At Camp Baldy they are very common especially along watercourses and fallen logs. ”

“ The large nests are seen very commonly in the canyons and hillsides.
Neotoma intermedia intermedia. Rhoads. Intermediate Brush Rat. There seems to be a curious reversal of conditions between this and the former species. Whereas this species is supposed to be taken only up to 3,000 feet, I took none below 3,000, all being taken at 5,000 feet or more along fallen logs near watercourses, and the former species was limited more distinctly to the foothills which is not a typical condition. ”

“ A handbook of Nature-Study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets, with much additional material and many new illustrations.
GAGE—Optic Projection
By SIMON HENRY GAGE, Professor Emeritus of Histology and Embryology in Cornell University, and Henry Phelps Gage, Ph. D.
This work of over 700 pages and with over 400 figures is of especial interest to workers in all fields of Biology in that it deals especially with the use of the Projection Microscope for demonstrations and for drawing. ”

“ The basis of the work was the extensive Cook-Baker collection of the college with additional material of my own and others. Many of the species here listed have been collected by me and others, but unless not represented in the original college collection it is not noted in the list. So far as the relations of bees to plants has been noted by me it is given in the list. Many other species remain to be determined and only a beginning has been made in respect to the relation of the bees to plants.
BOMBIDÆ
Bombus sonorous. Say. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker. ”

“ They are the easiest of all animals to trap and made considerable trouble and embarrassment for me by continually blundering into traps of mine set for other game. I have found these little creatures as high as 6,000 feet in the canyons. ”

“ The pages of the journal are especially open to western entomologists and zoologists. Notes and papers relating to western and Californian forms and conditions are particularly desired, but short morphological, systematic or economic studies from any locality will be considered for publication.
Manuscripts submitted should be typewritten on one side of paper about 8 by 11 inches. Foot notes, tables, explanations of figures, etc., should be written on separate sheets. Foot notes and figures should be numbered consecutively throughout. ”

“ I have trapped them in brush country, rocky areas, open brushless places, and at the mouth of ground squirrel holes.
Lepus californicus. (Gray.) Jack-Rabbit. Common in the valley and to a certain extent in the foothills and higher.
Sylvilagus auduboni sanctidiegi. (Miller.) San Diego Cottontail. Abundant in the Lower Sonoran zone. Increasing each year due to the protection afforded by game laws. Considerable damage to young trees is done by cottontails and they are a great pest to the farmer.
Sylvilagus bachmani cinerascens. (Allen.) Ashy Brush Rabbit. ”

“ Myotis evotis. (Allen.) Long-eared Bat. This form also occurs in the college buildings and I believe to a certain extent in the mountains.
(Contribution from the Zoological Laboratory of Pomona College)
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A Preliminary List of Shells from Laguna Beach and Nearby
For a number of years past students have collected shells from Laguna Beach, these and the Bradshaw collection form the basis for this list, which includes shells not farther than ten or twelve miles up and down the coast. The earlier collections were by Mabel Guernsey and P. R. Daggs. ”

“ Delage et Herouard
1897
Trait de zoologie concrete. Les vermidinens. Vol. v. Paris.
Haller, B.
1889
Beitrage zur kenntnis der textur des Central-nervensystems. Heherer Wurmer.
Arb. des Zoolog. Inst. Wien. T. viii, Heft. 2. ”