Mat, 1893. 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



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Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. Blue-fronted Jay. 



The blue-fronted jay was not found in the desert ranges, although 

 it was common in many places along the east slope of the Sierra Nevada, 

 in California. Mr. Nelson found it common at the head of Owens River 

 at an altitude of from 2,500 to 2,900 meters (8,200 to 9,500 feet), and Mr. 

 Stephens found it at Bishop Creek, August 4-10, and at Menache Mead- 

 ows, May 24-26. The writer secured one among the pines above Walker 

 Basin, July 14; found it common in Sequoia National Park the first 

 week in August; at Horse Corral Meadows, August 9-13; in Kings 

 River Canon, August 13-16; and Big Cottonwood Meadows, Round Val- 

 ley, and Whitney Meadows, the last of the month. It was very common 

 among the sugar and yellow pines at Soda Springs or Kern River 

 Lakes, the first week in September. Mr. Butcher found it common dur- 

 ing the breeding season at Big Cottonwood Meadows, and Mr. Bailey 

 and the writer found it common at Mineral King and down along the 

 Kaweah River to the lower limit of the pines, in September. Mr. 

 Palmer reported it common on Frazier Mountain, near Old Fort Tejon ? 

 July 6. 



Record of specimens collected of Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. 



Col- 

 lector's 



No. 



Sex.' 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



75 



d' 

 d 

 im. 



d im. 



9 



d im. 



9 





June 7,1891 

 July 25,1891 

 July 12, 1891 



Aug. 3,1891 



July 14, 1891 

 Aug. 7,1891 



Sept. 3,1891 



F. Stephens 



....do 



B. H. Dutcher. 



E.W.Nelson 



A. K. Fisher 



do 



Altitude, 4 000 feet. 



141 

 17 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 







do 



Meadows. 



390 



Walker Basin, Calif. 



Eiver. 



409 



Sierra Nevada; Calif 



do 



Sequoia Nation a 1 



Park. 

 Soda Springs. 



434 



do 









Aphelocoma woodhousei. Woortlionse's Jay. 



Woodhousc's jay was found on all the desert ranges which furnish a 

 growth of pifion or junipers. In California it was observed in the 

 White Mountains, Inyo, Argus, Coso, and Panamint ranges; in Ne- 

 vada, in the Charleston, Grapevine, Juniper, and Pahroc mountains, 

 and in Utah, in the Beaverdam Mountains. In the latter part of June, 

 young which were able to fly were found among the willows along the 

 streams in the Panamint Mountains, north of Telescope Peak. 



Record of specimens collected of Aphelocoma woodhousei. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



39 

 147 

 172 



d 

 9 

 d 

 9 



$ im. 

 ? im. 



im. 



Grapevine Mountains, Nov. 

 Panamint Mountains, Calif. 

 do 



Mar. 24.1891 

 Mar. 29. 1891 

 Apr. 20, 1891 



F. Stephens 



A.K.Fisher 



do 



Johnson Canon. 



!?:{ 



... do 



...do 



Do. 



355 



do 



June 23, 1891 

 do 



...do . 



Wild Rose Canon. 



356 



. do . . . 



. . .do 







Inyo Mountains, Calif 



Wiiite Mountains, Calif 



June 27, 1891 

 July 8,1891 



E. W. Nelson 



do 











