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111 Nevada, Dr. Merriam found it in the following localities: At 

 Mountain Spring in the Charleston Mountains, April 30; in the Juni- 

 per Mountains May 19, where it was common throughout the scrub oak 

 and juniper down to the very edge of -Meadow Creek Valley near 

 Panaea; at Tule Canon and on Mount Magruder, where it was abun- 

 dant and a full-fledged young was shot, June 5. In Utah, he found it 

 common among the junipers on the Beaverdam Mountains, May 11, 

 and saw a number between the Upper Santa Clara Crossing and 

 Mountain Meadows, in thickets of Amelanehier and scrub oak, May 17. 



On the western slope of Walker Pass, in California, it was common 

 July 2 and 3; along the South Fork of the Kern, July 3-10; on the hill- 

 sides in chaparral at Walker Basin, July 13-16; and at Bakersfleld in 

 the San Joaquin Valley, July 17-20. 



Mr. Bailey reported it as common below the conifers on the Kaweah 

 Biver the last of July, and Dr. Merriam found it common in the 

 Granite Bange in western San Diego County, July 1-10. 



Record of specimens collected of Pipilo maculaius megalonyx. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Hem arks. 





d 



d 



im. 

 d 



d ad. 

 d im. 



Mountain Meadows, Utah 



Charleston Mountains, Nev 



Mount Magruder, Nev 



Grapevine Mountains, Nev 



May 17.1891 

 Mai-. 7,1891 

 June 5,1891 

 Mar. 21,1891 

 June 11, 1891 

 July 5,1891 



C. Hart Merriam - . 



V.Bailev 



do 





36 

 329 



F. Stephens 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



Owens Valley. 

 South Fork. 



374 



Kern River, Calif 



Pipilo niaculatus oregonus. Oregon Towhee. 



Mr. Nelson found the Oregon towliee sparingly along the coast of 

 California from La Panza to San Luis Obispo the last of October; be- 

 tween San Simeon and Carpenteria November 4 to December 18, and 

 common between the latter place and Santa Paula December 18 to Jan- 

 uary 4. 



Pipilo chlorarus. Green-tailed Towhee. 



The green-tailed towhee is a common summer resident in the moun- 

 tain ranges visited by of the expedition. It was first observed in Johnson 

 Canon on the east slope of the Panamint Mountains, April 12, but 

 w T as not seen in Surprise Caiioii on the west slope during the fol- 

 lowing fortnight. In May and June Mr. Nelson found it common 

 among the sage brush on the Panamint and Grapevine mountains, 

 where it was associated with Brewer's sparrow. It was most numer- 

 ous among the rank growth of vegetation along small streams and 

 about springs, though it was not uncommon on the high benches among 

 the Artemisia tridentata. On Willow Creek, May 24, he found a nest 

 containing four eggs which was placed in a sage bush 15 inches from the 

 ground. It was composed externally of rather coarse plant stems, and 

 lined with fine fibrous rootlets and horsehair. On the north slope of 



