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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 

 Record of specimens collided of Spizetla brewcri. 



[No. 7. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



130 



cf 

 d 

 9 

 d 

 d 



d ■ 

 9 

 d im 



Ash Meadows, Nev 



do 



Mar. 17,1891 

 Mar. 18,1891 

 Apr. 22, 1891 

 Apr. 16, 1891 

 May 6, 1891 

 May 8,1891 

 June 10, 1891 

 June 15, 1891 



A. K.Fisher.... 



F. W.Nelson 



....do 



F. Stephens 



A.K.Fisher 



do 





46 



Panamint Valley, Calif 



Hot Springs. 



203 

 213 



Argils Range, Calif 



Matnrango Springs. 

 Do. 



81 





F.Stephens 



do 





105 



do 













Spizella atiigularis. Blaclc-cliinned Sparrow. 



The black-clriimecl sparrow is one of a number of species whose 

 known range was much extended by the observations of the expedi- 

 tion. It was first observed in Johnson Caiion in the Panamint Range, 

 where an adult male was seen among the junipers, April G ; In Sur- 

 prise Canon, of the same range, the species was first seen April 15, 

 when two specimens were secured, and subsequently it became common. 



The song, which was frequently heard, resembles closely that of the 

 Eastern field sparrow (Spizella pusilla). At Matnrango Spring, in the 

 Argus Range, a male was seen among the sage (Artemisia trideniata) 

 on May 12, and a female was secured among the willows near the 

 spring, which had an egg in the oviduct, almost ready for expulsion, 

 May 15. In the Coso Mountains the species was not uncommon, 

 and on May 27 a female with her nest and three eggs was secured. 

 The nest was situated in a small bush about two feet from the ground, 

 on a gradually sloping hillside bearing a scattered growth of piilon. 



On the west side of Owens Valley Mr. Stephens heard several sing- 

 ing on Independence Creek, near the Rex Monte mill, and secured a speci- 

 men June 20. On the western slope of Walker Pass a specimen was 

 secured in one of the canons, as it was washing at a pool, July 3, and 

 at Walker Basin an immature bird was shot on the ridge above the 

 valley, July 14. 



Record of specimen collected of Spizella atrir/ularis. 



Col- 

 lectors 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



160 



cf 

 d 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 d 

 9 

 d 

 d 



Panamint Mountains, 

 do 



Calif. 



Apr. 16, 1891 

 Apr. 15, 1891 

 do 



E. W. Nelson 



A.K.Fisher 

 do 



Surprise Caiion. 

 Do. 



161 



do 



Do. 



241 





May 15,1891 

 May 27,1891 



do 





.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



Matnrango Spring. 

 Nest and eggs. 



259 

 260 



Coso Mountains, Calif. 



do 



360 



Walker Pass, Cailf 



July 3,1891 

 July 14, 1891 

 June 20. 1891 



"f 





392 



Walker Basin, Calif. 

 Independence Creek, 





.do 



Stephens 





109 



Calif. . 



Owens Valley. 



Junco hyemalis. Slate-colored Juiico. 



A specimen of the common eastern jnnco was secured by the writer in 

 Johnson Canon in the Panamint Range, April 3, and another was seen a 



