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BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



107 



and Mr. Nelson saw the species in Saline Valley tlie latter part of the 

 same month. Bine grosbeaks were very common along the South Fork 

 of the Kern, where they frequented the oat fields and the thick vege- 

 tation in the river bottoms, Jnly 3-10. They were also common at 

 Kernville, July 11-13; at Walker Basin, July 13-10; and at Bakers- 

 field in the San Joaquin Valley, Jnly 17-20. 



Becord of specimens collected of Guiraca ceerulca eurhynclia. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 





d 

 ? 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 ? ,juv 



d 

 ? 

 d 

 ? 

 d 

 d 



d ad 

 d ad 





May 14, 1801 

 May 9, 1-91 

 MaV 8,1891 

 J une 19, 1891 

 June 5, 18:)1 

 June 7, !891 

 Jane 8, 1S91 

 June 14, 1891 

 ... do 



V. Bailey 









....do....... 









C. Hart Merriam . . 



V. Bailey 



T. S. Palmer 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



....do 



do .. 





313 

 316 



Death Valley, Oal it' 



Owens Valley, Cai if 



do 



do 



Furnace Creek. 

 Lone Pine. 

 Do. 



Do. 



338 



do 



Do. 



339 



do 



Do. 



66 



do 



May 30, 1891 

 June 11, 1891 

 Junel2, 1891 

 June 15, 1891 

 June 27, 1891 

 July 4,1891 

 Jnly 5,1891 

 July 10, 1891 



F. Stephens 



....do 



do 





85 

 93 



do 



do 



Olancha. 



Do. 



104 



121 



do 



do 



....do 



do 



Do. 

 Alvord. 



373 









379 



do 



do 



Do. 



Do. 



384 



do 



....do 



Passerina amcena. Lazuli Bunting. 



The lazuli bunting is a common breeder in many places in the Great 

 Basin wherever there is sufficient water to produce a growth of willow 

 or other thickets suitable for nesting sites. 



In Nevada, Dr. Merriam found it breeding commonly on Mount Ma- 

 grader, and in the thickets in Tule Canon, June 4-8; in Pahranagat 

 Valley, May 22-20, and saw a few in the Juniper Mountains, May 18, and 

 in Oasis Valley, June 1. He found it common at the Bend of the Col- 

 orado, May 4, and at a few points in the valleys of the Muddy and Virgin 

 rivers, May 7-8. In the Santa Clara Valley, Utah, it was an abundant 

 breeder, May 11-15. 



The writer first met with the species at Coso, Calif., where a male was 

 secured May 25. At Furnace Creek, Death Valley, a female was 

 secured in the brush near the ranch, June 19, and the species was com- 

 mon in Wild Rose Canon in the Panamint Mountains, June 24 and 25. 

 Mr. Nelson found it common in both the Panamint and Grapevine 

 mountains, wherever willow thickets occurred. It was nesting in Mill 

 Creek, Willow Creek, and Cottonwood canons in the former, and in 

 Wood Canon in the latter range of mountains. The same observerfound 

 it from the bottom of the valley up to the pifions in the Inyo Mountains; 

 at the head of Owens Valley, near the White Mountains, and along 

 borders of streams from the foothills up to 2,450 meters (8,000 feet) alti- 

 tude at the head of Owens River. In Owens Valley it was common about 

 the orchards at Lone Pine in June; and Mr. Stephens saw several at 



