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VOLUME NINE NUMBER THREE ========================================================================

JOURNAL

OF

ENTOMOLOGY

AND

ZOOLOGY

SEPTEMBER, 1917

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY POMONA COLLEGE DEPARTMENT _of_ ZOOLOGY CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A.

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CONTENTS

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List of Bees from Claremont-Laguna Region--_Henry Bray_ 93

A Partial List of the Mammals of the Claremont Region--_Leon L. Gardner_ 101

A Preliminary List of Shells from Laguna Beach and Nearby 107

A Reconstruction of the Nervous System of a Nemertian Worm--_W. A. Hilton_ 119

Entered at Claremont, Cal., Post-Office Oct. 1, 1910, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 9, 1879

Journal of Entomology and Zoology

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The Journal of Entomology and Zoology

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Claremont, California, U.S.A.

List of Bees from Claremont-Laguna Region

HENRY BRAY

Through the kindness of Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell and several others I have been able to get large numbers of our local bees determined. 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. April, Fl., Nemophila.

_Bombus californicus._ Sm. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Fl., Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Bombus crotchii._ Vier. Det. Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Fl., Tar weed.

ANTHOPHORIDÆ

_Anthophora anstrutheri._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Lotus glaber.

_Anthophora curta._ Prov. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Lotus glaber.

_Anthophora urbana._ Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Cactus and poppy.

_Anthophora washingtoni._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Anthophora stanfordiana._ Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Fl., Amsinckia intermedia.

_Anthophora pacifica._ Vier. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Lotus glaber.

_Anthophora simillima._ Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Lotus glaber.

_Anthophora edwardsii._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Mellisodes pallidicineta._ Ckll. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. April, Fl., Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Mellisodes maura._ Cr. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl., Amsinckia intermedia.

_Mellisodes pullata._ Cr. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. April, Fl., Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Mellisodes menuacha._ Cr. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl., Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Mellisodes beltragei._ Cr. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. Fl., Amsinckia interm.

_Synhalonia atrientis._ Smith Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl., Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Diadasia crassicauda_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Laguna, Cal., R. La Follette.

_Diadasia bituberculata._ Cr. Det. Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Cactus.

_Diadasia australis rinconis._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Fl., Cactus.

_Diadasia australis opuntia._ Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May. Fl., Cactus.

EUCERIDÆ

_Tetralonia actuosa._ Det. Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Tetralonia fowleri._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Tetralonia pomonæ_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Tetralonia robertsoni._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

MELECTIDÆ

_Bombomelecta thoracicia._ Cr. Det. Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Nemophila.

_Pseudomelecta californica miranda._ Fox. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Bombomelecta thornica._ Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Fl., Nemophila.

_Zacosmia maculata._ Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Triepeolus ancoratus_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Triepeolus callopus._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Bombomelecta maculata._ Vier. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

NOMADIDÆ

_Nomada edwardsii._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. June, no Fl.

_Nomada beulahensis._ Ckll. Det. Br. Claremont, Cal., Bray. From Coll. April, no Fl.

_Nomada americana._ Kby. Det. Br. Claremont, Cal., Bray. From Coll. April, no Fl.

_Nomada crotchii nigrior._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Nomada civilis._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Nomada pyrrha_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Nomada melanosoma_, sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Nomada subvicinalis._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Nomada erythrospila_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Nomada odontocera_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Exomalopsis velutinus._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Exomalopsis melanurus_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Exomalopsis nitens_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Laguna, Cal., R. La Follette.

XYLOCOPIDÆ

_Xylocopa varipuncta._ Patt. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, no Fl.

_Xylocopa orsifex._ Sm. Det. Vier. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Wood.

_Xylocopa californica._ Cr. Det. Friese. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Nemophila.

MEGACHILIDÆ

_Megachile pruing._ Sm. Det. Friese. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl., Cactus.

_Megachile grindeliarum._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl., Poppy.

_Megachile occidentalis._ Fox. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Bray.

_Megachile frugalis._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia erythrosmia remotula._ Des. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia quadriceps._ Ckll. Det. Cr. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia atrocyanea._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Fl., Amsinckia intermedia.

_Osmia propinqua._ Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia kincaidii._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia bennettæ._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia integra._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia cobaltina._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Lotus glaber.

_Osmia faceta._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia clarescens._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Fl., Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Osmia granulosa._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia regulina._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia ednæ_, female. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia playtura._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. cotype. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia hypochrysea._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia pumila._ Frieze Det. Cr. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl. Mustard.

_Osmia cyanopoda_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia cyanosoma._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia nigrobarta_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Hoplitis sambuci._ Titus Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal. April, Poppy.

_Hoplitina pentamera._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia pogonigera._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Alcidamea hypocrita._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Osmia melanopleura_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Anthidium maculoscum._ Cr. Det. Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Dianthidium illustri._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Anthidium palliventre._ Cr. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Anthidium tricuspidum._ Prov. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Dianthidium consimile._ Ashmead Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Dianthidium robertsoni._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Anthidium angelarum._ Titus Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Dianthidium provancheri._ Titus Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Dioxys producta._ Cr. Det. Ducke. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Dioxys pomonæ._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Coelioxys megatricha_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Coelioxys angulifera_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Xenoglossa angelica._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

ANDRENIDÆ

_Andrena porteræ._ Vier. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena mustelicolor._ Vier. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena prunorum._ Vier. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker and Bray. May, Phacelia tana. and Poppy.

_Andrena mimecta._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena texana._ Cr. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl., Poppy.

_Andrena bipuntala._ Lovell Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. April, Fl., Phacelia tan.

_Andrena cerasifolii._ Vier. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker. April, Phacelia tanacætifolia.

_Andrena carlina_ Ckll. Ashmead Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. May, Fl., Mustard.

_Andrene osmoides_ sp. n. Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena peratra_ sp. n. Prov. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena auricoma._ Sm. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena plana._ Vier. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena opaciventris_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena chlorura_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Agapostemon splendens._ Friese Des. Lange. Los Angeles, Cal.

_Agapostemon californicus._ Crawford. Claremont, Cal., Baker. May, Poppy.

_Agapostemon radiatus._ Say. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. April, Fl., Daisy.

_Diandrena beatula_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Diandrena chalybæa._ Cr. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Diandrena cyanosoma_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Diandrena clarventris_ sp. n. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Diandrena scintilla_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Conanthalictus bakeri._ Crawford Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Conanthalictus macrops_ sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal. Baker.

_Augochlora pomoniella._ Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena candida._ Sm. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena angustitarsata._ Vier. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena huardi._ Vier. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena pallidifæva._ Vier. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena cyanosoma._ Ckll. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena nigripes._ Prov. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena scripta._ Vier. Det Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Andrena subtristis._ Ckll. Det. Vier. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

CERITINIDÆ

_Ceratina neomexicana punctigena_ sub. sp. n. Ckll. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

HALICTIDÆ

_Halictus incompletus._ Craw. Det. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus punctatoventris._ Craw. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus nigrescens._ Craw. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus catalinensis._ Craw. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus ligatus._ Say. Det. Craw. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus robustus._ Craw. Det. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus mellipes._ Craw. Det. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus farinosus._ Sm. Det. Craw. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Halictus rhoptoides._ Craw. Det. Br. from Coll. Claremont, Cal., Bray. April, Daisy.

COLLETIDÆ

_Colletes californicus._ Prov. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Colletes guadialis._ Sm. Det. Ckll. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

PROSOPIDÆ

_Prosopis episcopalis_, female. Ckll. Det. Metz. Claremont, Cal., Baker (Rhus laurina).

_Prosopis coloradensis._ Ckll. Det. Metz. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

_Prosopis polifolii_, female. Ckll. Det. Metz. Mountains near Claremont, Cal., Baker.

PANURGIDÆ

_Panurginus atriceps._ Ckll. Det. Cr. Claremont, Cal., Baker.

(_Contribution from the Zoological Laboratory of Pomona College_)

A Partial List of the Mammals of the Claremont Region

LEON L. GARDNER

Since little or nothing has been published on mammals of this region it was deemed advisable to print a list even though very incomplete and based on preliminary and limited collecting in order to have some definite forward step in this much neglected line. Some of the mammals listed below have not been collected by us but are known to occur. Thanks are due Mr. H. S. Swaith for his kind aid in identification of some of the skins collected.

Bears of course have long since disappeared but still have left their reputation among old mountaineers. The story goes that a bear, perhaps the last one, was killed at Bear Flats on the trail to "Old Baldy," hence the name.

_Odocoileus hemionus californicus._ (Caton.) California Mule Deer. Fairly common through Upper Sonoran and Transition zones. They have been taken as low as the mouth of San Dimas canyon. The recently established game preserve assures an increase in the future. Already they seem to have sensed the protection for on May 19, 1916, we were surprised to find just 75 feet before us a large doe on the auto road not far above the first power house.

_Ovis canadensis nelsoni?_ C. M. Merriam. Merriam Desert Bighorn. Mountain sheep have lived for years in the higher peaks above Claremont but being very shy and in inaccessible and little frequented parts have escaped attention very successfully. Rumor has it that Mountain Goats are found with the sheep but I believe this to be unfounded, having been originated probably by the sight of the smaller horned females and young. The area occupied by the sheep is a very definite one and comprises the peaks Ontario, Cucamonga, Telegraph, St. Antonio ("Old Baldy"), and Iron Mountain with their high rocky intervening ridges. 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 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. 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.

_Sciurus griseus anthonyi._ Mearns. Anthony Gray Squirrel. Very common in the transition zone. In early spring they start working on pine cones on the mountain tops, gradually coming down to more abundant supplies of food until fall finds them down in the oak belt feeding on acorns. They winter as low as Palmers canyon in some cases.

_Entamias Sp._ Abundant in the pine belt and as high as the top of "Baldy." 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.

_Peromyscus maniculatus gambeli._ Baird. Gambel White-footed Mouse. 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.

_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. Indications are that they ignore zonal limits being taken well down in Lower Sonoran zone and in high transition and not necessarily near water.

_Peromyscus californicus insignis._ Rhoads. Chemisal Mouse. 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). I found them not uncommon in the dry brush land east of Indian Hill.

_Neotoma fuscipes macrotis._ Thomas. Southern Brush Rat. Common from valley to 5,000 feet in the mountains in suitable localities. I took one in the property house at the Greek theatre this June. 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.

_Microtus californicus californicus._ (Peale.) California Meadow Mouse. Common in runways through the grass in damp canyons, at Palmers canyon and in other suitable localities. One was taken as high as Kelly's cabin--on Ontario peak, among fallen logs by a cold mountain stream. While setting trap in the runways I more than once caught glimpses of them darting along the aisles in the grass.

_Thomomys bottæ pallescens._ Rhoads. Southern Pocket Gopher. Abundant in the valley, often doing much damage in lawns and orchards.

_Perodipus agilis agilis._ (Gambel.) Gambel Kangaroo Rats. Abundant from valley to Transition zone. I found them abundant at Brown's Flats where the evidences of their digging and their holes are on every side. 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. 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. Lions have been seen at Browns Flats, Cattle Canyon and the north of Telegraph peak. Mountaineers tell me that they are a great deal more common in the San Gabriel drainage. The specimen which I saw was from one of the tributary canyons to the San Gabriel river.

_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. It is little wonder, however, that such a notion exists in view of the fact of the great range or variations found in these animals. As for actual records of captures. In the summer of 1911 one was shot in the brushy hillsides of Laguna Canyon (Orange Co.) and brought in to the Marine Laboratory. In the spring of 1912 a [F] was shot at the mouth of San Dimas canyon and brought to the college. In December 1914 a [F] 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. Although having camped numerous times in the mountains I have never heard Coyotes above the foothill region.