May, 1893. 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



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Mountains, east of Panaca, May 19, when several pairs were seen 

 mating. On Mount Magruder, Nevada, he found it tolerably common 

 among the nut pines, where the birds seemed to be hunting for nesting 

 sites, and were very difficult to approach. Several fine specimens 

 were taken there June 4-11. The same observer found the species in 

 the juniper belt of the Beaverdam Mountains, in Utah, May 10-11. In 

 Walker Pass, on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada, several were 

 seen and one shot among the yuccas June 21, and another on the west- 

 ern slope of the same pass in a Pinus sabiniana July 2. 



Record of specimens collected of Icterus parisorum. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sox. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



196 



9 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 9 

 9 

 d 

 im. 

 9 

 9 

 d 

 d 



Argus Range, Calif 



. .do 



May 5,1891 

 May 9, 1891 

 May 11,1891 

 May 21, 1891 

 May 27, 1891 

 May 8,1891 

 May 12, 1891 

 June 21, 1891 

 Apr. 30, 1891 

 June 4, 1891 

 ...do 



A.K.Fisher 



T. S. Palmer 



do 



Maturango Spring. 

 Do. 





...do 



Do. 



243 

 261 



Coso Mountains, Calif 



do 



A. K. Fisher 



do 







Panamint Mountains, Calif . 

 do . 



E. W. Nelson 

 do 







Walker Pass, Calif 



C. Hart Merriam . 



....do - 



do 







Charleston Mountains, Nev. 



Mount Magruder, Nev 



do 







do 







. .do 



June 8, 1891 



do 













Icterus bullocki. Bullock's Oriole. 



Bullock's oriole was tolerably common in several localities, where 

 streams large enough to nourish a more or less extensive growth of trees 

 were found. In Owens Valley it was common at Lone Pine, where a 

 number of nests were observed in the willows, and several specimens 

 secured, June 4-15. In the same valley, Mr. Stephens saw a solitary 

 male at Little Owens Lake the first week in May; at Haway Meadows 

 May 12-14 ; found the species rather common at Olancha May 16-23; 

 common and a nest containing young at the mouth of the canon at In- 

 dependence Creek June 19; not common at Bishop, Fish Slough, and 

 Morans July 1-7 ; and Benton July 9-10. Dr. Merriam saw one among 

 the cottonwoods at Furnace Creek in Death Valley about the middle 

 of April ; in the Amargosa Canon, and at Besting Springs, April 27. In 

 Nevada, he saw it at Vegas Ranch, May 1; in the Valley of the Virgin 

 and lower Muddy, May 6-8, and in Meadow Creek Valley, near Pan- 

 aca, May 19. He found it tolerably common also in the Lower Santa 

 Clara Valley, Utah, where it was breeding, May 11-15. On the western 

 slope of the Sierra Nevada it was seen in Walker Pass, July 2; was 

 common along the valley of the Kern June 22-23 and July 3-10 ; at 

 Walker Basin July 13-16; and at Bakersfield July 17-20. It was 

 common at Old Fort Tejon, and was seen in other parts of the Canada de 

 las Uvas in June and July. Mr. Nelson saw it in the Yosemite Val- 

 ley, and Mr. Bailey, along the Kaweah Biver, in August. 



