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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



| .No. 7. 



Record of specimens collected of Passerella iliaca mcgarlnjncha. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





04 



s 



108 



9 





?im. 



407 



d 



411 



cfim. 



Date. 



Collector. 



s erra Nevada, < iht 



do 



do 



do 



do 



May 27,1831 F. Stephens. 



June 20, 1801 

 Julv 80, 1891 

 Aug. 6.1891 

 Aug. 11, 1831 



do.. 



V. Bailey. 

 A. K. Fisher. 



Simmiil Meadow, near Olan- 



clia Peak. 

 Independence Creek. 

 East Fork of Kaweah River. 

 Sequoia National Park 



- - - -^lo I Horse Corral Meadows. 



Passerella iliaca schistacea. Slate-colored Sparrow. 



The slate-colored sparrow was not uncommon, according - , to Mr. Nel- 

 son, about tlie heads of streams on the eastern slope of the White 

 Mountains, where a specimen was taken, July 14. A few Avere seen 

 in Johnson and Surprise canons, in the Panamint Mountains, where a 

 specimen was taken in the former canon, March 28. This sparrow was 

 not detected elsewhere by members of the expedition. 



Record of specimens collected of Passerella iliaca schistacea. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 





S 



Panamint Mountains, Calif 



White Mountains, Calif 



Mar. 28, 1891 

 July 14,1891 



E.W, Nelson 



......do 



Johnson Canon. 









Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. 



The spurred townee is common over much of the Great Basin, and 

 also in California west of the Sierra Nevada. Mr. Nelson reported 

 it as common among the junipers on the Charleston Mountains in 

 the early part of March. A pair was seen in one of the canons in the 

 Coso Mountains, May 23, and subsequently Mr. Palmer saw others in 

 the brush along the streams. Mr. Nelson found a few at Lone Pine 

 in Owens Valley, in December, 1890, and the writer saw a few in 

 the brush along the river at the same place, June 11. Dr. Merriam 

 found it common in the northern part of the valley on the latter date. 

 Mr. Stephens reported it as common in the lower part of the canon at 

 Independence Creek, where young were seen June 18-23; as not com- 

 mon among the pinions at Benton, July 9-10 ; he also saw three at Bishop 

 Creek, August 4-10. In the Panamint Mountains, Mr. Nelson saw it 

 in Surprise Canon in December, 1890, and found it sparingly in the 

 vicinity of water, where thickets of willows and rose bushes afforded 

 it shelter, in both this range and the Grapevine Mountains during the 

 latter part of May and the first of June. The same observer found a 

 few in the Inyo Mountains among the piiions at Hunter's arastra, and 

 again in willows bordering the creek near Waucoba Peak, the latter 

 part of June; found it rather common on the west slope of the Sierra, 

 mainly along streams; and found a few in the upper parts of the 

 streams in the White Mountains. 



