May, 1S93. 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



day or two later in the same locality. Mr. Bailey took one near Fort 



Mohave, Ariz., March 4, 1889. 



Junco hyemalis shufeldti. Shufeldt's Junco. 



A specimen collected in the Charleston Mountains and another in 

 the Grapevine Mountains, Nevada, in March, belong to this race. 

 Whether the species remains in these ranges to breed, or passes further 

 east for that purpose, it is impossible to say, as no specimens were col- 

 lected there later in the season. 



Record of specimens collected of Junco hyemalis shufeldti. 



Col- 

 lectors 



No. 



Sex. 



35 



? 



Locality. 



Charleston Mountains, Nev .. . 

 Grapevine Mountains, Nev . . . 



Date. 



Mar. 7,1891 

 Mar. 21,1891 



Collector. 



V.Bailey--. 



IT. Stephens 



Remarks. 



Junco hyemalis thurberi. Thurber's Junco. 



Thurber's junco was a common species in many places throughout 

 the desert region of southeastern California, and bred commonly in most 

 of the desert ranges, as well as in the Sierra Nevada. It was very com- 

 mon inCajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, January 2, and sev- 

 eral were seen there March 30. Mr. Nelson found juncos common at Lone 

 Pine, in the canons at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, also in Surprise 

 Canon of the Panamint, and Shepherd Canon of the Argus range, in 

 December and early January. The individuals which he found in con- 

 siderable numbers at Pahrump ranch, and in the Charleston Mountains, 

 in February and March, may or may not have been wholly or in part 

 referable to this form, as a single specimen collected in the Charleston 

 Mountains belongs to the more eastern race, shufeldti. The same may 

 be said of the few pairs of birds he found breeding near the summit of 

 the Grapevine Mountains, in June, as no specimens were collected at 

 that time. It was common in Johnson and Surprise canons, in the 

 Panamint range, during the first half of April; Dr. Merriam saw many 

 on the north base of Telescope Peak, April 16-19, and Mr. Bailey and 

 the writer saw it from the summit of that peak down to below the l char- 

 coal kilns', in Wild Pose Canon, June 23. It was tolerably common 

 among the piiions in the Argus range, where specimens were secured 

 during the first half of May, and Mr. Palmer saw one in the Coso Moun- 

 tains May 27, and others at Cerro Gordo, in the Inyo range, May 31. 

 Mr. Nelson found it sparingly among the Pihus flexilis in the latter 

 range the last of June, and not common in the White Mountains in 

 July. Mr. Stephens found it not common from the Eex Monte mine to 

 timber line in Independence Canon, June 18-23; at Queen mine, White 

 Mountains, Nevada, July 11-10; common at Bishop Creek, August 1-10, 

 and Menache Meadows, May 24-26. Juncos were common on the 

 ridge above Walker Basin, July 11, and Mr. Palmer saw three back of 



