May, 1893. 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



73 



The writer found it common in the Argus Range above Maturango 

 Spring. The stomach and gullet of one shot at this place about the 

 middle of May contained the kernels of the pine nut, which it evidently- 

 had picked up from the ground, as some of them had already sprouted. 

 The species was common on the Coso Mountains the last half of May. 

 Dr. Merriam saw it on Mount Magruder and Gold Mountain, Nevada, 

 early in .June; in the Juniper Mountains, near the boundary between 

 Nevada and Utah, May 18-19, and in the juniper belt on the east slope 

 of the Beaverdam Mountains, in Utah, May 11. 



Mr. Palmer saw a single bird in the Charleston Mountains among the 

 tree yuccas, February 14. 



In the Sierra Nevada Mr. Nelson saw it at the head of Owens River, 

 though it was not numerous, and Mr. Stephens observed it at Bishop 

 Creek, August 4-10, and noted one individual at Benton, July 9-10. 



Record of specimens collected of Cyanocepliahis cyanoccphalus. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





201 



d 



206 



d 



207 



d 



233 



¥ 



249 



d 



Locality. 



Argus Itanse, Calif... 



do 



do 



do 



Coso Mountains, Calif. 



Date. 



May 6,1891 

 May 8,1891 

 do 



May 12, 1891 

 May 23, 1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher 



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...do 



...do , 



...do......... 



Remarks. 



I Matnrango Spriiu 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do, 



Molothrus ater. Cowlbird. 



Dr. Merriam saw several cowbirds in the Lower Santa Clara Valley, 

 Utah, May 11-15, and a few in Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, May 22-26. 

 The writer shot an adult male at Furnace Creek, Death Valley, June 

 20, which was the only one seen there. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Yellow-headed blackbirds were seen sparingly at a number of locali- 

 ties. Mr. Bailey secured a specimen at Bennett Wells in Death Val- 

 ley, April 1, and an individual came and alighted on the wagon while 

 the party was at Darwin, in the Coso Valley, May 5. Di. Merriam 

 saw a few about the spring at Yount's ranch in Pahrump Valley, Ne- 

 vada, April 29, and a number in the valley of the lower Muddy, May 

 6. Others were seen by him in Meadow Creek Valley, Nevada, near 

 Panaca, May 19, and the species was said to breed in Pahranagat Val- 

 ley, though he did not see it there, May 22-26. In the Lower Santa 

 Clara Valley, Utah, it was tolerably common about the junction of the 

 Santa Clara with the Virgin, May 11-15. In Salt Wells Valley, Mr. 

 Stephens saw a small flock at Raymond Well, and at Borax Flat 

 the last of April and first of May. At Lone Pine, in Owens Valley, 

 one was seen among a flock of redwings in December, 1890. A num- 

 ber were observed in June, and several small flocks among the tules 

 and along the fence rows, August 22. The species was seen sparingly 

 at Baker sfield, in the San Joaquin Valley, July 17-20. 



