Part 12

P Pesticides vii Poison (definition) 1 Poisonous animals (definition) 1 Poison lizard 31-33 Publications you may wish to read 39

R Rattlesnakes 25-30 Reduviidae 14 References cited 39

S Sand cricket 36-37 Scolopendra heros 3 Scorpions 4-7 Sidewinder 26-27 Solpugid 36 Sonora 30 Sonoran Desert Frontispiece Sphecidae 17 Spiders 7-14 Stenopelmatus 36-37 Striped-tail scorpion 4 Slender-tail scorpion 4 Squash bug 14

T Tantilla 30 Tarantula 13-14 Triatoma 14 Trimorphodon 30 Trithyreus 37

V Vejovis spinigeris 4 Velvet ant 17-18 Vespidae 17 Vinegaroon 37-38

W Walpai tiger 14 Wasps 17, 19 Western diamondback rattlesnake 25 Whip-tail scorpion 37

Y Yellowjackets 19

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100 DESERT WILDFLOWERS IN NATURAL COLOR. Dodge. Descriptions and full-color portraits of 100 of the most interesting desert wildflowers. Photographic hints. 64 pp., full-color cover, paper. $1.50

100 ROADSIDE WILDFLOWERS OF SOUTHWEST UPLANDS IN NATURAL COLOR. Dodge. Companion book to author’s 100 Desert Wildflowers in Natural Color, but for higher elevation flowers. 64 pages and full-color cover, paper. $1.50

FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS. Dodge and Janish. More than 140 of the most interesting and common desert plants beautifully drawn in 100 plates, with descriptive text. 112 pp., color cover, paper. $1.00

FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MESAS. Patraw and Janish. Companion volume to the Desert flowers booklet, but covering the plants of the plateau country of the Southwest. 112 pp., color cover, paper. $1.00

FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. Arnberger and Janish. Descriptions and illustrations of plants and trees of the southern Rocky Mountains and other Southwestern ranges above 7,000 feet elevation. 112 pp., color cover, paper. $1.00

MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS (formerly Animals of the Southwest Deserts). Olin and Cannon. Handsome illustrations, full descriptions, and life habits of the 42 most interesting and common mammals of the lower desert country of the Southwest below the 4,500-foot elevation. 112 pp., 60 illustrations, color cover, paper. $1.00

MAMMALS OF SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND MESAS. Olin and Bierly. Companion volume to Mammals of Southwest Deserts. Fully illustrated in exquisitely done fine and scratchboard drawings, and written in Olin’s masterfully lucid style. Gives description, ranges, and life habits of the better known Southwestern mammals of the uplands. Color cover, paper $2.00

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12th Edition (Revised) 8-70—20M

ERRATUM

On page 29, we regretfully acknowledge a typographical error. Step 3 of the cryotherapy treatment should read:

3. Place the bitten hand or other member in the iced water well above the point of ligation.

Transcriber’s Notes

—Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.

—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by underscores.

—Silently corrected a few typos.

—Tweaked the order of the Table of Contents to match the text.