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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7 



Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee. 



The western wood pewee was a common species in many of the locali- 

 ties visited. Mr. Kelson* fonud it a rather common breeding bird in 

 Cottonwood, Willow Creek, and Mill Creek canons in the Panamint 

 Mountains, Calif., and saw it also in the Grapevine Mountains, Nevada. 



In Coso Valley, California, it first appeared May 16, and by May 25 

 was common in the Coso Mountains. It was common all through Owens 

 Valley, and on the White Mountains. At Keeler, on the east side of 

 Owens Lake, it was not uncommon the 1st of June. One day when the 

 wind was very high, a number were seen sitting on the bare alkaline 

 flats near the lake, where they were picking up from the ground the 

 flies which swarmed there, as grain-eating birds do seeds. On the 

 summit of the divide in the White Mountains, between Deep Spring 

 Valley and Owens Valley, Dr. Merriam killed two June 9. At Old 

 Fort Tejon it was common about the 1st of July, 



It was common in Walker Pass, where a nest was observed, July 2; 

 at Kernville, July 11; Walker Basin, July 13-16; and at Bakersfield, in 

 the San Joaquin Valley, July 17-20. In the High Sierra it was not 

 uncommon in the Sequoia National Park, the first week in August; at 

 Horse Corral Meadows, August 9-13; Kings River Canon, August 

 13-16; Big Cottonwood Meadows, during the summer; at Menache 

 Meadows, May 24-26; and was common along the Kaweah Eiver from 

 Mineral King down to Three Rivers, in September. 



In Nevada, Dr. Merriam saw it among the cotton woods at Vegas 

 ranch, May 1; at Pahranagat Valley, May 23 (common); at Oasis 

 Valley, June 1; and on Mount Magruder, June 8. He also saw the 

 species at the mouth of Beaverdam Creek, Arizona, May 10. 



Record of specimens collected of Contopus richardsonii. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



251 



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9 



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May 24, 1891 

 June 19, 1891 



June 12, 1891 

 June 9, 1891 



do. 

 June 4, 1891 



A. K.Fisher 



B. H. Dutcher 



F. Stephens 



V. Bailev 





6 







89 





Meadows. 





White Mountains, Calif 



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Empidonax difficilis. Western Flycatcher. 



The western flycatcher was seen in a few localities only. Dr. Mer- 

 riam secured an adult male at Ash Meadows, Nevada, May 30, and a 

 female at Mount Magruder in the same State, June 5. Mr. Palmer re- 

 ported the species as common and secured one at Old Fort Tejon, July 6. 

 Mr. Nelson saw it along the San Joaquiu River in August, but does not 

 state how common it was. 



