96 



NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[Ho. 7. 



Valley (May 22-20), in Indian Spring Valley, where a nest containing 

 three eggs was found in a bush of Atriplex oanes.cens May 28, and at 

 the extreme west end of this valley, where it slopes down toward the 

 Amargosa Desert, young just able to fly were secured May 29. It was 

 tolerably common on the Amargosa Desert, but rare in Oasis Valley 

 (one seen June 1). On Sareobatus Flat, at the mouth of Grapevine 

 Canon, a few were seen June 2, and a few were seen on both sides of 

 Gold Mountain (where young nearly full-grown were secured June 3). 

 It was common in Tule Canon, at the extreme north end of the north- 

 west arm of Death Valley, June 4, though it does not reach the sage 

 plain of the Mount Magruder plateau. It reappears, however, a short 

 distance below Pigeon Spring on the northwestern slope of Mount Ma- 

 gruder, and ranges thence across Fish Lake Valley (June 8). In south- 

 western Utah it was found on both slopes of the Beaverdam Moun- 

 tains, ranging up into the junipers slightly above the upper limit of 

 the lower division of the Lower Sonoran zone. In the Lower Santa 

 Clara Valley, Utah, it is abundant, breeding in the grease wood bushes 

 (Atriplex) and in the branching cactuses, (Opimtia cchinocarpa), where 

 several nests were found containing two or three fresh eggs each (May 

 11-15)." 



Mr. Nelson found it breeding from the middle of the sage brush belt 

 on the slopes of the Panamint, Grapevine, Inyo, and White mountains, 

 down into Panamint, Mesquite, Saline, and Owens valleys. Mr. 

 Stephens found it common near the lower end of the Argus Kange, at 

 Borax Flat, April 28-30; and in Owens Valley, at Little Owens Lake, 

 May 6-11; at Haway Meadows, May 12-14; at Olancha, May 10-23; at 

 Morans, July 4-7, and at Benton July 9-10. 



Becord of specimens collected of Amphispiza bilineata. 



Col- 

 lectors' 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remark. 



162 

 171 



9 

 9 

 d 

 9 



cf nn. 

 9 juv. 

 9 .1 "iv. 

 juv. 

 cTjuv. 



PanatuintMountains, Calif 



. do 



Apr. 15, 1891 



Am- 90 ISftI 



A. K. Fisher 



...do 



Surprise Canon. 

 Do. 



189 



Argus Range, Calif- 1 Apr. 27, 1891 



Owens Vallev, Calif -V.. Time, 11. 1891 



...do 





332 



...do 









May 11, 1891 

 June 9,1891 

 July 6,1891 

 May 29,1891 

 June 3,1891 

 June 4,1891 



T. S. Palmer 



tlo 



Nest and 4 eggs. 







127 





P. Stephens 















C. Hart Merriam . . 

 do 



















Amphispiza belli. Bell's Sparrow. 



Mr. Nelson found Bell's sparrow abundant in the bushes of the arid 

 district bordering the southern and western sides of Buena Vista Lake, 

 in San Joaquin Valley, during October. 



Amphispiza belli nevadensis. Sage Sparrow. 



The sage sparrow is one of the few birds characteristic of the sage 

 plains of the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones,. but does not breed 



