Mat, 1893. 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



49 



River Lakes by Mr. Bailey and the writer in August and September; 

 and on the Kaweah River, below the pines, September 12. Mr. Kelson 

 noted it at the head of Owens River and on the western slope, where it 

 was rather more common. He also saw a few at Mount Pinos about 

 the middle of October, and Mr. Palmer saw a few in Tejon Pass, July 12. 



Becord of specimens collected of Sphyrapicus ruber. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



140 



cf 

 cfad. 



cfim. 

 cfim. 





July 24. 1891 

 Aug. 12, 1891 



do 



F. Stephens 



A. K. Fisher.... 



do 





412 



do 





413 



do 



Meadows. 

 Do. 





do 



do 



V. Bailey 













Sphyrapicus thyroideus. Williamson's Sapsucker. 



Williamson's woodpecker is not uncommon in a number of places in 

 the Sierra Nevada, in California. Mr. Kelson saw one at the head of 

 Owens River, and a few on the western slope opposite that place. 

 Several were seen at Horse Corral Meadows, August 1 L-13 ; at Whitney 

 Meadows about September 1; and the species was common at Big 

 Cottonwood Meadows, August 25-27, where Mr. Dutcher killed several 

 earlier in the season. It was noted at Soda Springs or Kern River 

 .Lakes, early in September; at Mineral King, the last of July and the 

 second week in September, and was seen once on Mount Piiios about 

 the middle of October. 



Becord of specimens collected of Sphyrapicus thyroideus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sox. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



410 



cf 



iin. 

 cfim. 



cfim. 



im. 



cf 

 cfim. 





Aug. 11, 1891 



Aug. 2,1891 

 Aug. 4,1891 



do 



A. K. Fisher .... 



V.liailey 



B.H. Dutcher... 



do 







do 



Meadows. 



27 



...do 





28 



do 



Meadows. 

 Do. 



29 



do 



...do .. 



...do 



Do. 



423 



do 



Aug. 26, 1891 

 Aug. 21, 1891 



A.K.Fisher 



F. Stephens 



Do.. 



156 



.' do 













Ceophlceus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. 



This handsome woodpecker was not observed except in the Sierra 

 Nevada, in California, where Mr. Nelson found it common at an altitude 

 of about 1980 meters (6,500 feet) in the Mariposa grove of big trees near 

 Wawona and along the Merced River. The writer heard it a number of 

 times in the Sequoia National Park early in August, and Mr. Palmer 

 saw a pair in Kings River Canon, August 14. 



Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi. California Woodpecker. 



The California woodpecker was not seen east of the western slope of 

 the Sierra Nevada. Dr. Merriam found it in Walker Basin June 21; in 

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