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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



ley, February 1, and two small flycatchers, probably this species, were 

 seen there about the middle of April. 



A specimen was secured in the Argus Range, at Maturango Spring, 

 May 5, and another was seen in Shepherd Canon a few days before. 

 In Owens Valley Mr. Stephens found the species at Olancha about 

 the middle of May, and at Bishop Creek August 4-10. In the High 

 Sierra it was seen at Big Cottonwood Meadows, August 29; at Whit- 

 ney Meadows, August 20; and at Kern River Lakes or Soda Springs, 

 September 5. Dr. Merriam secured a specimen in the Virgin Valley in 

 eastern Nevada, May 6. 



Record of specimens collected of Empidonax wriglitii. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 







a 



95 



V 



180 



a 



50 



V 



198 



V 





^ 





iin. 



Locality. 



Panamint Valley, Calif 

 Death Valley, Calif .... 

 Panamint Valley, Calif 



Argus Eange; Calif 



do 



St. Thomas, Nev 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



Date. 



Jan. 3, 1891 

 Feb. 1, 1891 

 Apr. 23, 1891 

 Apr. 26, 1891 

 May 5,1891 

 May 12, 1891 

 May 6,1891 

 Aug. 20, 1891 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



E.W.Nelson .. 



A. K. Fisher Furnace Creek. 



— do . . .' Hot Spring. 



F. Stephens 



A. K. Fisher Maturango Spring, 



T.S. Palmer Do. 



V. Bailey 



' . . .do Whitney Meadows. 



Pyrocephalus rubineus mexicanus. Vermilion Flycatcher. 



Dr. Merriam shot an adult female of this species at St. George, in 

 the Lower Santa Clara Valley, Utah, May 13. She was killed in an 

 orchard at Dodge Spring, about a mile from the settlement, and con- 

 tained large ova nearly ready for the shell. This record extends the 

 known range of the species very materially, since it had not previously 

 been recorded north of Fort Mohave, Arizona. 

 Otocoiis alpestris arenicola. Desert Horned Lark. 



So far as specimens go, this race of the horned lark was the only one 

 found breeding east of the Sierra Nevada in the region traversed by 

 the expedition. A flock of twenty or more was seen at Hesperia, in the 

 Mohave Desert, January 4, and the subspecies also was seen in the same 

 desert at Daggett January 8-10, and Granite Wells January 13-15. 

 Dozens were seen by Dr. Merriam, who traveled over the same ground 

 during the latter part of March and first week in April. In January 

 Mr. Nelson caw about one hundred at the southern end of Panamint 

 Valley. Horned larks were not seen at any time in Death Valley. 



In Nevada they were common at Ash Meadows, in the plowed 

 fields and sand plains, and about the middle of March had mated and 

 were preparing to nest. In Pahrump and Vegas valleys Mr. Nelson 

 found small parties in February and March. Dr. Merriam found it 

 common in Meadow Creek Valley May 19; in Desert and Pahroc val- 

 leys May 20-22; in the valley between Gold Mountain and Mount 

 Magruder June 4, where it was common and two nearly full grown 

 young were shot; on Mount Magruder, June 4-8, where it was common 

 on the sage plain on top of the mountaiu. In Utah, it was not seen m 



