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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



the summer. Dr. Merriam found it breeding' commonly in the tree 

 yuccas in Antelope Valley at the west end of the Mohave Desert, June 

 26-27, and saw one at Resting Springs in the Auiargosa Desert, April 

 27. At Walker Pass a pair was seen on the east slope July 1, and the 

 species was common on the west slope the following day. It was com- 

 mon also along the valley of Kern River July 3-13; at Walker Basin, 

 July 13-16; at Bakersfield, in the San Joaquin Valley, July 17-20, and 

 at Three Rivers and along the lower part of the Kaweah River, the last 

 of July. Mr. Palmer found it abundant at Old Fort Tejon in July, and 

 Mr. Nelson saw several near Nordhoff the last of December. 



In Nevada, Dr. Merriam saw it on Gold Mountain, June 3; found it 

 tolerably common in Pahranagat Valley May 22-26 ; in Meadow Creek 

 Valley, May 19; in the Valley of the Virgin near Bunkerville, May 8; 

 at the Bend of the Colorado, May 4; at Vegas Ranch, May 1; and at 

 Yount's ranch in Pahrump Valley, April 29. In the Lower Santa Clara 

 Valley, Utah, he found it breeding and tolerably common, May 11-15. 



Record of specimens collected of Tyrannus verticalis. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 





d 



9 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 9 





May 1, 1891 

 May V, 1891 

 May 11, 1891 

 June C, 1891 

 June 12, 1891 

 do 



C. Hart Merriam . 

 A. K. Fisher 

 do 





205 





Maturango Spring. 

 Do. 



225 





304 



Owens Valley, Calif 



do .: 



do 





91 



F. Stephens 



do 





92 



do . . 



Do. 













Tyrannus vociferans. Cassin's Kingbird. 



Dr. Merriam found this flycatcher breeding commonly among the 

 live oaks at Twin Oaks, in western San Diego County, in the early 

 part of July and secured a specimen July 10. One was seen at San 

 Bernardino January 1. 

 Myiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. 



The ash-throated flycatcher is a common resident of the desert re- 

 gions of southern California, Nevada, Utah, and northern Arizona, and 

 is common also west of the Sierra Nevada. In California it was first 

 seen in Panamint Valley, at Hot Springs, where it arrived April 22 and 

 became common almost immediately. In the Argus Range it was com- 

 mon in Shepherd Canon and at Maturango Spring, where it was seen 

 along the hillsides, hovering over the flowers in search of small moths 

 and other insects, during the first half of May. At Coso several pairs 

 were seen, and an individual was observed to devote considerable time 

 to examining the open end of a 2-inch water pipe, which protruded 

 from the side of an old building, evidently with an idea of using it for 

 a nesting site. Mr. Nelson found it a widely distributed species, breed- 

 ing from the bottom of Mesquite, Panamint, and Saline valleys, up to 

 at least 2,130 meters (7,000 feet) in the Panamint and Grapevine moun- 



