May, 1893.] 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



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Canon, Panamint Range, Juue 1. Mr. Stephens saw several about the 

 ponds at Grapevine Spring, California, April 1-4, and one was secured 

 at Hot Spring, Panamint Valley, April 17. On the last trip to Death 

 Valley Mr. Bailey secured a female in the reservoir at Furnace Creek, 

 June 19. It was undoubtedly a pensioner, as its ovaries were unde- 

 veloped. During the spring and early summer Dr. Merriam found this 

 duck breeding at numerous warm springs and alkali pouds throughout 

 the districts visited in the Lower Sonoran zone in southern Nevada and 

 southwestern Utah, and at Little Owens Lake, California. A female 

 was killed in a j)atch of fine watercress in Upper Cottonwood Spring 

 at the east base of the Charleston Mountains, Nevada, April 30; a flock 

 of twenty- two was seen at Vegas Spring, Nevada, May 1, and many 

 were noted in Vegas Wash, May 2. It was seen also in the lower 

 Santa Clara Valley, Utah, May 11-15, and was common throughout 

 Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, May 22-26, where it was breeding in the 

 marshes. 



Eecord of specimens collected of Anas cyanoptcra. 



Collect- 

 or's No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



134 



d"ad 



9 





Mar. 20, 1891 

 June 19, 1891 



A. K. Fisher 



V. Bailey 

















Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. 



At Lone Pine and Owens Lake, California, Mr. Nelson reported the 

 shoveller as a common species, and at the latter place found it feeding 

 extensively on the larvae and pupee of a small fly (Ephydra Mans) which 

 abounds in the lake. The remains of a large number of these birds 

 were seen about the lake in June. A flock of four was seen on the 

 reservoir at Furnace Creek, in Death Valley, the latter part of January, 

 and the species was common at Ash Meadows, Nevada, where a number 

 were killed early in March. Mr. Palmer found a pair breeding in a 

 pond near Gorman Station, the last of June. 



Dafila acuta. Pintail. 



The sprigf ail was common at Ash Meadows, Nevada, during the first 

 two weeks in March, and many were killed for the mess. Mr. Nelson 

 reported a number seen and some killed at Saratoga Springs, at the 

 south end of Death Valley, February 1, and several seen in Vegas 

 Wash, Nevada, March 3-10. 



Aythya americana. Kedhead. 



The redhead was common at Ash Meadows, Nevada, during the first 

 half of March, and together with the mallard, pintail, widgeon, and gad- 

 wall furnished considerable food for the party. 



Mr. Nelson saw one in Vegas Valley, Nevada, in March, and Mr, 

 Stephens another at Little Owens Lake, California, early in May. 

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