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Record of specimens collected of Agelaius phceniceus. 



Col- 

 lectors 

 No. 



Ill 

 303 

 317 

 118 

 124 



Sex. 



d" ad. 

 d ad. 



d 



J 



9 

 9 



Locality. 



Asli Meadows, Nov 

 do 



Resting' Springs, Calif. 

 Owens Valley, Calif. . . 



do .' 



do 



do 



Fresno, Calif 



Dale 



Mar. 18, 1891 

 ....do 



Feb. 14, 1891 

 Juno C, 1891 

 June 8.1891 

 Juno 26, 1891 

 June 28, 1891 

 Sept. 25, 1891 



Collector. 



A.K. Fisher. 



E. W. Nelson 

 A. K. Fisher. 



...do 



...do 



F. Stephens . 



...do 



V. Bailey 



Remarks. 



Loii" Pine. 



Do. 

 Alvord. 



Do. 



Agelaius gubernator. Bicolored Blackbird. 



A.ciiougli this species was common, if not abundant, in some locali- 

 ties west of the Sierra Nevada, one specimen only was collected during 

 the season, and this was shot by Mr. Stephens at Olancha, at the 

 southern end of Owens Lake, California, June 11. 



Mr. Kelson found a few in the Ojai Valley in December; found it com- 

 mon and associated with the common redwing on the border of Buena 

 Vista Lake in the San Joaquin Valley, near San Luis Obispo, and along 

 the route from San Simeon to Carpenteria, in November and December. 



Mr. Belding recorded it from the Yosemite Valley. 



Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. 



The meadowlark is a more or less common resident in most of the 

 valleys in the desert region, as well as in those west of the Sierra 

 Nevada. It was common and singing at San Bernardino, December 

 28-29, 1890, and was seen in Cajon Pass, January 1. In Death Valley it 

 was not uncommon at Bennett Wells, near the old Eagle borax works, at 

 Saratoga Springs, and at Furnace Creek, where it was common in the 

 alfalfa fields the last of January. On the last trip to the valley Mr. 

 Bailey and the writer found it not uncommon at Furnace Creek, June 

 19-21. The meadowlark was not uncommon at Resting Springs in the 

 Amargosa Desert, the first half of February and April 27, and was 

 common about the ranches at Ash Meadows and in Pah rump and 

 Vegas valleys, Nevada, in March. In the same State Dr. Merriam 

 found it common in the sage-covered plateau of Mount Ma grader, June 

 5-8; and in Oasis Valley, where it was abundant and singing in great 

 numbers in the early eveniug, June 1. He also found it abundant and 

 musical in Pahranagat Valley, May 22-26; along the valleys of the 

 Virgin and lower Muddy May 6-8, and at Ash Meadows, May 30. In 

 Utah it was common in alfalfa fields along the Lower Santa Clara, near 

 its junction with the Virgin, May 11-15; thenee northerly to Mountain 

 Meadows and the Escalante Desert, May 17; and one was seen on the 

 western side of the Beaverdam Mountains, May 10. 



In California Mr. Nelson observed a few pairs breeding on the table- 

 land between Saline and Panamint valleys, at the base and among the 

 pinons of the Inyo Mountains, aiid on the plateau at the head of Owens 

 Valley, at the base of the White Mountains. In the Coso Valley and 



