May, 1893. 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



81 



places hardly an example of the ripe fruit could be found which was 

 not more or less mutilated. A number of birds shot in the peach or- 

 chards at Lone Pine had little except the pulp of this fruit in their gul- 

 lets or stomachs. It was known as the <j)eaeh bird.' 



It was common all along - the route from Walker Pass, through the 

 valley of Kern River, Walker Basin and Bakersfield to Visalia, June 

 21-23, and July 1 to 23, and at Old FortTejon late in June and early in 

 July. It was seen at Ash Meadows and Pahrump Valley, Nevada, in 

 March. In the same State, Dr. Merriam noted it among the cotton- 

 woods at Yount's ranch in Pahrump Valley, April 29; at Mountain 

 Spring, in the Charleston Mountains, and at Upper Cottonwood Springs 

 near the east base of these mountains, April 30; near the summit of 

 the Timpahute Mountains in tree yuccas, May 26; at Quartz Spring, on 

 the west side of the Desert Mountains, May 27; at the Bend of the 

 Colorado, May 4, and on Gold Mountain whereayouugonejustableto 

 fly was caught June 3, at an altitude of about 1,980 meters (G,500 feet). 

 It was common in Tule Canon June 4, and thence up to the plateau on 

 top of Mount Magruder. In Arizona, he found it common at the 

 mouth of Beaverdam Creek, May 9-10; in Utah, in the juniper belt of 

 the Beaverdam Mountains, May 10-11, and at St. George, in the Lower 

 Santa Clara Valley, May 11-15, where it was called ' peach bird ' by 

 the Mormons. Two nests were found at St. George, one in a cotton- 

 wood and the other in an arborescent cactus. 



Mr. Nelson found the species in small numbers in the Canada de las 

 Uvas,.at San Emigdio Creek, and in the Temploa Mountains, and rather 

 common about the ranches in the San Joaquin Valley in October. It 

 was common along the route from San Simeon to Carpeuteria, among 

 the farms along the coast, and not uncommon between the latter place 

 and Santa Paula in November and December. 



Record of specimens collected of Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



Mo. 





45 



d 



13 



c? 





d 



158 



d 



159 



¥ 



187 



V 



231 



d 



232 



d 





d 





d 



348 



V 



Locality. 



Daggett, Calif 



do 



Panamint Mountains, Calif 



do '.. 



do 



Argus Range, Calif 



do I May 12,1891 



do do 



do ' do 



do ' do 



Death Valley, Calif I June 21, 1891 



Date. 



Jan. 9, 1891 

 Feb. 8,1891 

 Mch. 28, 1891 

 Apr. 13, 1891 



do 



Apr. 27, 1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher . 

 F. Stephens . . 

 E. W. Nelson. 

 A. K. Fislicr . 



...do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



T. S. Palmei.. 



....do 



A. K. Fisher . 



Remarks, 



Johnson Canon. 

 Surprise Canon. 



Do. 

 Nest and eggs. 

 Maturaugo Sprim 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Furnace Creek. 



Loxia curvirostra stricklandi. Mexican Crossbill. 



Crossbills were uncommon and seen only in the Sierra Nevada. At 



Big Cottonwood Meadows Dr. Merriam saw them just below timber line 



June 18, and towards the end of the season Mr. Dutch er saw a few and 



shot a pair. Mr. Nelson saw some on the west slope opposite the head 



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