May, 1893.1 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



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was common in suitable valleys in southeastern Nevada, south- 

 western Utah, and northwestern Arizona. It was found in the valley 

 of the Muddy near St. -Joe, Nev., May 7, and was a common breeder in 

 Pahranagat Valley, Nevada, May 23. A specimen was shot and others 

 seen at the mouth of Beaverdam Creek, Arizona, May 9, and it was 

 common in the Lower Santa Clara Valley near the junction of the 

 Santa Clara aud Virgin, May 11-15, where a nest was found near a 

 marshy meadow." 



Record of specimens collected of Melospiza fasciaia fallax. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



Paliranagnt Valley, Nev. 

 Beaverdam, Ariz 



May 23, 1891 

 May 9,1891 



C. Hart Merriam. 

 ...do 



Melospiza fasciata montana. Mountain Song- Sparrow. 



This song- sparrow was tolerably common about the ranch at Furnace 

 Creek, and among the reeds at Saratoga Springs, in Death Valley, in 

 January, but was not seen at the former place in June. It was quite 

 common at Resting Springs in the Amargosa Desert, February 6-17, 

 and at Ash Meadows, Nevada, in March. Mr. Nelson found it common 

 along the willow-grown banks of the ditches in Pahrump aud Vegas 

 valleys, and Mr. Stephens found it rather common in the lower end of 

 Oasis valleys, March 15-19. Mr. Bailey reported it abundant at St. 

 George, Utah, in January, 1889. 



Record of specimens collected of Melospiza fasciata montana. 



Col- 

 lector's 1 Sex. 

 No. I 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



78 



117 



118 | 



128 

 33 I 

 31 ! 



Death Valley, Calif. . . . 



do 



Ash Meadows, Nov 



do 



do 



Oasis Valley, Nov 



do 



Pahrump Valley, Nev 



do 



Vegas Valley, Nev 



Feb. 3, 1891 

 Jan. 25,1891 

 Mar. 4,1891 

 Mar. 9, 1891 

 Mar. 15. 1891 

 Mar. 16,1891 



....do 



Mar. 4,1891 



....do 



Mar. 12, 1891 



E.W. Nelson 

 A. K. Fisher 



....do 



...do 



...do 



F. Stephens.. 



....do 



E.W.Nelson 



...do 



...do 



Saratoga Springs. 

 Furnace Creek. 



Melospiza fasciata heermanni. Heermanu's Song Sparrow. 



This Californiau subspecies was quite common at San Bernardino, 

 where it was singing in the brush along streams, December 28-29, 1890. 

 It was tolerably common in suitable localities in Owens Valley, along 

 the South Fork of Kern Biver, July 3-10, and was heard singing 

 at Kernville July 11-13. At Walker Basin it was seen along the 

 sloughs, July 13-10, and at Bakersfield it was common along the river 

 bottom. July 17-20. Mr. Palmer found it common near Old Fort Tejon 



