Animal Life in the Yosemite
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 37

a. Work of Yellow-haired Porcupine on branches of prostrate lodgepole pine. Photographed at Porcupine Flat, 8100 feet altitude, July 1, 1915. (top) See text, p. 153.

b. Dam made by Golden Beaver in slough formed by gold dredger in the Merced River bottom near Snelling. Photograph taken January 9, 1915. Although small, this dam shows typically the method of construction employed by this rodent. (bottom) See text, p. 216.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 38

a. Yosemite Cony, about 1/2 natural size; photographed from specimen freshly trapped at Ten Lakes, October 11, 1915. Note the small eye, large rounded ears, short legs, small feet, and the lack of tail. (top) See text, p. 218.

b. Habitual "lookout" station of a Cony, with numerous droppings and stains on the granite; photographed in a talus at Ten Lakes, October 8, 1915. (bottom) See text, p. 220.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 39

a. Mountain Coyote captured at foot of Yosemite Falls trail, in Yosemite Valley, December 31, 1914. (top) See text, p. 72.

b. Mule Deer, doe, in forest near Merced Lake. Photographed by Mr. W. H. Van Zwoll. (bottom) See text, p. 231.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [GRINNELL-STORER] PLATE 40

Records in the road (top to bottom):

a. Valley Quail, in dusty road near Coulterville, May 13, 1919. See text, p. 270.

b. Pacific Rattlesnake (which was traveling to left), on Wawona Road near Chinquapin, May 19, 1919. See text, p. 645.

c. Heermann Kangaroo Rat (prints of hind feet and tail as traveling to left), in road near Coulterville, May 13, 1919. See text, p. 146.

d. Mule Deer, probably old doe, in mud of Glacier Point Road east of Chinquapin, June 12, 1915. See text, p. 231.


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