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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7, 



early in July; Mr. Nelson observed it commonly in the Canada de las 

 Uvas and in Wan Emigdio Canon the last of October ; and along the route 

 from La Panza to San Luis Obispo, October 28 to November 3. 



Record of specimens collected of Melospiza fasciata heermanni. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





5 



d 

 5 ad 



306 



378 



? im 





d im 



119 



d 



67 



d 



295 



d 



302 



d 



321 



d 



Locality. 



San Bernardino, Calif 



San Emigdio Canon, Calif. 



Bakerslield, Calif 



Kern River, Calif 



-do. 



Owens Valley, Calif. 

 do 



.do. 



.do. 



Date. 



Dec. 28,1800 

 Oct. 22.1891 

 July 19, 1891 

 July 5, 1891 



July 4,1891 

 July 20, 1891 

 May 30, 1891 

 June 5,1891 

 June 6,1891 

 June 9,1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher. 

 L. AV r . Nelson 

 A. TC. Fisher . 

 ...do 



V. Bailey 

 F. Stephens. . 



...do 



A. K. Fisher . 



....do 



....do 



Remarks. 



25 miles above 

 Kernville. 



Do. 

 Alvord. 

 Ash Creek. 

 Lone Vine. 



Do. 



Do. 



Melospiza fasciata guttata, Rusty Song Sparrow. 



Mr. Bailey secured a specimen of this song sparrow at Santa Clara, 

 Utah, January 13, 1889. It was undoubtedly an accidental straggler 

 from the northwest coast. 



Melospiza fasciata rufina Sooty Song Sparrow. 



Mr. Bailey took a specimen of this subspecies at Boulder Creek, 

 California, on October 13, 1891, and stated that it was common there. 



Melospiza fasciata graminea. Santa Barbara Song Sparrow. 



Specimens of this new race, indistinguishable from Mr. Townsend's 

 type, were taken by Mr. Nelson at Mono and Carpenteria, Calif. He 

 found them common near the streams and wet places along the coast, 

 and a few as far inland as Santa Paula. Whether it is a resident or a 

 migrant from the Santa Barbara Islands, can not be decided at present. 



Record of specimens collected of Melospiza fasciata graminea. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Carpenteria, Calif. 



.....".do 



Morro, Calif 



Date. 



Dec. 18, 1891 

 ....do 



Nov. 8, 1891 



Collector 



E. W. Nelson 



...do 



...do 



Remarks. 



Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln's Sparrow. 



A few Lincoln's sparrows were seen at Ash Meadows, Nevada, and 

 Mr. Nelson found it common in wet places among bushes at Vegas 

 ranch and in Vegas Wash in March, where Dr. Merriam again saw it 

 May 1. It was not uncommon in Johnson and Suprise canons in the 

 Panamint Range, April 1-20. The species was common at Hot Springs 

 in Panamint Valley, April 20-23, and a few were seen in Shepherd 

 Canon, in the Argus Range, the last of April. Mr. Stephens found it 



