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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



Mountains chasing doves, May 19. In Owens Valley- the species was 

 seen at a number of localities, and undoubtedly breeds in both the 

 Inyo range and the Sierra Nevada. On the eastern slope of Walker 

 Pass a pair of these falcons were seen flying along the hillsides where 

 quail were abundant. 



In the High Sierra a specimen was shot at Big Cottonwood Meadows, 

 August 26; one was seen at Whitney Meadows in the same month, 

 and another at the summit of the pass at the head of Kings River. Mr. 

 Palmer noted the species at Old Port Tejon, June 28; Mr. Nelson saw 

 it occasionally in the San Joaquin Valley, October 5-27 ; and saw several 

 along the route from San Simeon to Santa Maria in November, and a 

 few at Canada de las Uvas and up to the summit of the Temploa Moun- 

 tains. 



Record of specimens collected of Falco mexicanus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



83 

 110 



d 

 d 

 d 

 9 

 d 



Panamint Valley, Calif 



Death Valley, Calif 



Jan. 12, 1891. 

 Jan. 27, 1891. 

 Feb. 12, 1891. 

 Mar. 16, 1891 

 Mar.25, 1891 



E. W. Nelson 



A. K. Fisker 



....do 



do 



Furnace Creek. 



131 







141 



Pananiint Mountains, Calif 



....do 











Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawk. 



The only true duck hawk seen by the expedition was observed by 

 Mr. Nelson near the coast west of Sau Luis Obispo, in November. 



Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. 



The only records of the pigeon hawk made by the expedition are the 

 following, all in California : Two seen by Mr. Stephens at Little Owens 

 Lake early iu May; the remains of one found by the writer near the 

 reservoir at Furnace Creek, Death Valley, June 21; a few seen on the 

 coast by Mr. Nelson between San Simeon and Carpenteria in Novem- 

 ber, and one in the Ojai Valley, Ventura County, in December. 



Falco sparverius deserticolus. Desert Sparrow Hawk. 



The sparrow hawk was common in but few places and was nowhere 

 numerous as a summer resident. In Nevada it was not observed except 

 at Ash Meadows, and in Pahrump and Vegas valleys, where it was found 

 in March. 



In California one was seen in Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino 

 Mountains, January 1, and another, March 30. In Death Valley it was 

 seen at Mesquite Well, January 21, Bennett Wells at the same date, and 

 again about the middle of April; a pair among the cotton woods at 

 Purnace Creek, March 22, and one in Mesquite Valley, April 12. 



In the Pauamint Mountains, Dr. Merriam saw one in Emigrant Canon, 

 April 14, another on the north side of Telescope Peak, April 17-19, and 

 Mr. Nelson found it rare in this range as well as in the Grapevine range 

 in May. He found a pair nesting at the summit of the divide at the 

 head of Cottonwood Creek in the former range, and a few in the Inyo 



