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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



mint Mountains nor in Saline Valley, but noted it on the eastern slope 

 of the Pananiint Mountains, in Cottonwood Creek, and thence down to 

 Mesquite Valley, and also in the Grapevine Mountains, May 4 to June 

 15. Mr. Nelson reported the sage sparrow as very common along the 

 route from Lone Pine to Keeler, and through the Coso and Pananiint 

 valleys to Lone Willow Spring, and thence to Death Valley, during 

 December 1890, and January 1891. 



The specimens collected along the east slope of the Sierra Nevada 

 in Owens Valley are almost intermediate, both in size and color, be- 

 tween Am/pMspiza belli and Amphispiza belli nevadensis. 



Record of specimens collected of Amphispisa belli nevadensis. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



36 



42 



4:: 



46 



47 



2 



3 



4 



5 



10 



11 



58 



63 



66 



80 



112 



27 



331 

 52 

 84 

 96 

 97 

 98 

 99 



Sex. 



2 



c? 



d ad. 



d 



d 



d 



2 



? 



2 



im. 



Locality. 



Hesperia, Calif 



do 



Victor, Calif 



Stoddard Wells, Calif 



Dagsett, Calif 



.-...Tdo 



do , 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Granite Wells, Calif.. 



Lone Willow Spring, Calif. 



Death Valley, Calif 



do 



Kesting Springs, Calif 



12-mile Spring Calif 



Date. 



Mountain Meadows. Utah.. 



Owens Valley, Calif 



Salt Wells Valley. Calif.... 



Owens Valley, Calif 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



Jan. 4, 

 ,...do.. 

 Jan. 6, 

 Jan. 7, 

 Jan. 9, 

 ....do.. 

 Feb. 6, 

 ....do.. 

 Feb. 7, 

 ....do.. 

 Feb. 8, 



do . . 



Jan. 13, 

 Jan. 10, 

 Jan. 21, 

 Jan. 27, 

 Feb. 17, 

 Feb. 21, 



May 17, 



June 11, 

 May 1, 

 June 10, 

 June 13, 

 . . . .do . . 

 ....do.. 

 ....do.. 

 Aug. 20, 



1891 



Collector. 



1891 

 1891 



1891 



A. It. Fislier . 



....do 



....do 



....do 



1891 

 1891 



is: u 



1891 

 1S91 

 1891 

 1891 

 1891 

 1831 



1891 

 1891 

 1S91 

 1891 

 1891 



....do 



do 



j F. Stephens.. 



../.do 



-,--do 



L.-.do 



....do 



'....do 



j A.K.Fisher. 



1 do 



'....do -. 



....do 



I .'...do 



F. Stephens. . 



V. Bailey 

 A. K. Fish 

 F. Stephei 

 ...do .... 

 ...do .... 

 ...do .... 

 ...do .... 

 ...do .... 

 V. Bailey , 



Eennarka. 



Mohave Desert. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Furnace Cieek. 

 Do. 



North of Eestin: 

 Springs. 



Lone Bine. 



Olancha. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Whitney Meadows. 



Peuceea cassini. Cassia's Sparrow. 



The only specimen of this species noted during the entire expedition 

 was shot by Dr. Merriam in Timpahute Valley, Nevada, May 26. It 

 was an old male in worn breeding plumage, and attracted his attention 

 by flying up from the desert brush and singing in the air. 



Peucaea ruficeps. Rufous-crowned Sparrow. 



An immature specimen of this sparrow was secured on a rocky hill- 

 side on the South Fork of Kern River, California, July 8. Mr. Palmer 

 saw one on the west fork of Castac Cailon June 30, and Mr. Stephens 

 saw several migrants in Peche Canon, near San Bernardino, Calif., 

 September 22-24. These are all the records we have of the specis. 



Melospiza fasciata fallax. Desert Song Sparrow. 



The writer did not meet with this race, and quotes the following from 

 Dr. Merriam's notes : 



"The desert song sparrow was not found anywhere in California, but 



