May, 1803.] 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



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Owens River, in the latter part of July. In the Sequoia National Park 

 a few were seen both at the saw mill and at Halsted Meadows. At 

 Horse Corral Meadows a flock of ten or fifteen was seen and two secured, 

 August 11. Several were seen in Kings River Caflon about the mead- 

 ows, August 13-16; at Big Cottonwood Meadows throughout the sum- 

 mer; and grouse were not uncommon near timber line, at Mineral King 

 and vicinity, during August and first half of September. Mr. Nelson 

 found a few about the summit of Mount Piiios in October. 



Record of specimens collected of Dendragcqnts ooscurus fulUjinosus. 



Col- 

 lector's 



Ko. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



146 

 147 



9 .iuv. 

 9 juv. 

 9 im. 

 9 ad. 

 cf ad. 

 d" ad. 



Sierra Kevada Calif 



d« 



Aug. 7, 1891 



do 



Bishop Creek. 

 Do. 



150 



do 



Aug. 9, 1891 



do 



Do. 



151 



do 



do 



Do. 



160 



do 



Aus. 23, 1891 

 July 6, 1891 



do 





10 



do 



B. H. Butcher.. 









[Meadows.. 



Centrocercus urophasianus. Sage Grouse. 



On Mount Magruder, on the Nevada side of the boundary line between 

 California and Nevada, many piles of sage hens' excrement were found 

 among sage brush on the main peak, by Dr. Merriam and Mr. Bailey. 

 They were told by a prospector that sage hens used to be common on 

 the mountain, but are very scarce now, having been killed off a few 

 winters ago by unusually deep snow. At the head of Owens River, on 

 the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, Mr. Nelson found this bird 

 ranging in among the lower border of the pines (Pinusjeffreiji,) where he 

 saw numerous tracks. Near Mammoth Pass also he found it common 

 among the sage brush at about 2,450 meters (8,000 feet) altitude. The 

 same observer stated that the sage hen was a common species in the 

 northern half of the White Mountains up to .3,050 meters (10,000 feet) 

 altitude, where* he killed a half-grown bird from a large covey. Mr. 

 Stephens learned from the miners at the Queen mine, Nevada, that this 

 grouse occurred in the gulches around the mines. 



Columba fasciata. Band-tailed Pigeon. 



At Three Rivers, in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Cali- 

 fornia, Mr. Palmer saw three band-tailed pigeons among the oaks the 

 last of July, and the species was reported to be quite common in the 

 barley stubble of a neighboring ranch. Mr. Nelson found it common 

 among the oaks in the Tehachapi and Temploa mountains, and saw a 

 few about San Luis Obispo during the last of October. Along the 

 route from San Simeon to Carpenteria it was abundant among the oaks 

 in November. Flocks of from 10 to a 100 were feeding on the berries 

 of Arbutus menziesil as well as upon acorns. He saw a few flocks be- 

 tween Carpenteria and Santa Paula during the last part of December. 



