BULLETIN 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY 

 OF THE TERRITORIES. 



V0LU3IE VL 1881. ITUMBER 2. 



Art. IX.— Attootated Liist of the Birds of ]\evada. 



By TV. J. HoflTman, M. D 



PEEFATOEY XOTE. 



The present paper is based partly upon notes and observations made 

 in jSTevada during the field season of 1871. The northernmost point vis- 

 ited was Bull Eun Mountain, from which locality the several field parties 

 spread toward the west and east in their southward journey, the former 

 crossing the State line and entering California near the 118th meridian, 

 while the latter continued nearly southward along the 115th meridian to 

 Gold Mountain, thence westward to Owen's Valley, California, from which 

 point one party travelled irregularly toward the southeast, crossing 

 Death Valley, Armagosa and part of the Mojave Deserts to Fort JMo- 

 jave, continuing the journey up the Colorado Eiver, by boat, to a point 

 beyond the State boundary. The other party, upon leaving Owen's 

 Valley, continued nearly eastward along the "Old Spanish Trail" as 

 far as Saint George, Utah. The greater portion of the southern interior 

 of the State consists of arid deserts, which, together with our unavoid- 

 ably forced marches, permitted but little work to be accomplished in 

 ornithology. 



To complete the list as far as possible I have quoted from the reports 

 of several prominent authorities Avho visited the localities beyond the 

 one just described. They consist of — I, that furnished by Mr. Eidgway, 

 whose observations extended over an area about 70 miles in width, be- 

 ginning at parallel 39° at the southeastern limit to that of 12° at the 

 northeastern, including most of the northern i)ortion of Ifevada; 11, 

 Mr. Henshaw's observations in the vicinity of Carsou City ; III, the notes 

 furnished by Mr. Henshaw and Dr. Yarrow regarding the fauna of South- 

 eastern Nevada in connection with a list of the birds of Utah ; and IV, 

 the observations of Dr. Cooper, at Fort Mojave, Arizona. This military 

 post is situated upon the elevated eastern bank of the Colorado Eiver, 

 while about the immediate vicinity of the post the groves of timber oc- 



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