56 



NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



Record of specimens collected of Aeronautes melanoleucus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



43 



9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 d 

 d 



Panamint Mountains, Calif 



Deatli Valley, Calif 



Apr. 11,1891 

 Apr. 9, 1891 

 June 20, 1891 

 do 



E.W.Nelson 



A.K.Fisher 



ao 





345 



do .1 



Do. 



346 



do 



Do. 



347 



do 



do 



do 



Do. 



95 





June 2, 1891 

 June 12, 1891 



T. S. Palmer 



F. Stephens 











Trochilus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird. 



The black-chinned hummingbird is common in Owens Valley, Cali- 

 fornia, where it was found at the following localities : At Lone Pine a 

 number of specimens were secured in June; At Olancha Mr. Stephens 

 found it common, May 16-23 ; at Ash Creek, May 30- June 3 ; a few at 

 Independence Creek, June 18-23; Alvord, June 26-28; and young of 

 the year were common at Fish Slough, July 2-3. At Olancha he 

 secured a very interesting specimen which in its specific characters was 

 intermediate between this species and Costa's hummer, and was prob- 

 ably a hybrid. He found a nest containing three eggs in an orchard 

 at the same place, May 16. Mr. Nelson found it common on both slopes 

 of the Inyo Mountains from the valleys up to the piiions, wherever 

 there was water enough to produce a growth of willows and other de- 

 ciduous trees. In Walker Basin, where it was not common, Mr. Bailey 

 secured a specimen, July 14, and another was taken at Bakersfield in 

 the San Joacpim Valley, July 39. At Old Fort Tejon Mr. Palmer 

 secured an immature bird in July, which he referred to this species. 



Dr. Merriam saw several and secured two at the mouth of Beaver- 

 dam Creek, Arizona, May 9, and found the species common in the Lower 

 Santa Clara Valley, Utah, where four nests containing fresh eggs were 

 found, May 11-14. All the nests (one of which contained three eggs) 

 were placed on low branches of cottonwoods, generally within easy 

 reach from the ground. 



Record of specimens collected of Trochilus alexandri. 



Col- ' 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sox. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 





9 

 d 



9 

 d 



d 

 d 

 9 

 d 

 d 

 d 





May 11, 1891 

 May 9,1891 

 May 16, 1891 

 May 20, 1891 



June 10, 1891 

 July 14,1891 

 July 19, 1891 

 June 7, 1891 

 do 



C. Hart Merriam. . 

 V. Bailey 







Bea verdam Creek, Ariz 





58 



F.Stephens 



do 



Olancha, set 3 eggs. 



65 



do 



80 



do 



do 







Walker Basin, Calif 



V. Bailey 





400 





A. K. Fisher 



do 





311 







312 



do ; 



do 



Do. 



314 



do 



June 8,1891 



...do.... 



Do. 











Calypte costas. Costa's Hummingbird. 



Costa's hummingbird is the common species of the desert valleys 

 and mountains of southern California and Nevada. One was seen at 



