108 



NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[Ko. 1, 



Olancha, May 16-23; found it common at Ash Creek, May 30-June 3; 

 at Moraus, July 4-7; abundant in tlie lower part of the canon of In- 

 dependence Creek, June 18-23; not common at Alvord, June 20-28; at 

 Benton, July 9-10; at Queen station in the White Mountains, Nev., 

 June 11-16; and saw a male at about 2,450 meters (8,000 feet) altitude, 

 at Bishop Creek, August 4-10. Mr. Palmer secured a specimen at 

 Horse Corral Meadows, August 11, and saw another in Kings Biver 

 Canon, August 15; and Mr. Bailey saw two at 2,450 meters (8,000 feet) 

 altitude on the-Kaweah Biver, about the same time. Mr. Palmer found 

 it common at Old FortTejon, where a nest containing three fresh eggs 

 was found in a willow tree G feet from the ground, July 4. The species 

 was common along the valley of the Kern, July 3-13; at Walker Basin, 

 July 13-16; and at Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley, July 17-20. 



Record of specimens collected of Passerina amcena. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 Mo. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



25G 

 801 



d 



d" 

 9 



Coso, Coso Mountains, Calif 



May 25, 1891 

 June 6, 1891 

 June 19, 1891 



A. IC. Fisher 



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341 



Death Valley, Calif 













Calamospiza melanocorys. Lark Bunting. 



A few miles north of Pilot Knob on the Mohave Desert, California, 

 a lark bunting was killed by Mr. F. W. Koch April 6, and two others 

 were seen by Dr. Merriam. One was shot in Pahrump Valley, Nevada, 

 April 29, by Mr. Bailey. No others w r ere observed by any members of 

 the expedition. 



Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. 



The western tanager was found commonly in many places during 

 migration, and sparingly during the breeding season. The first indi- 

 vidual observed was secured by Dr. Merriam in Surprise Canon in the 

 Panamint Mountains, California, April 23. When first seen it was in 

 hot pursuit of a large beetle, which it failed to capture. At Maturango 

 Spring in the Argus Range, a large flight of these tanagers occurred 

 on May 4, where as many as a dozen males were seen at one time. 

 From this date until the time of leaving, the middle -of May, it was 

 common among the willows in the vicinity of the spring. In the Coso 

 Mountains a pair was seen near the top of the ridge, where they were 

 evidently hunting for a nesting site, May 23. Mr. Nelson found it a 

 rather common breeding species among the piiions on Willow Creek in 

 thePauamint Mountains, and also in Mill Creek and Cottonwood canons, 

 though in smaller numbers, during the last of May. He saw none in the 

 Grapevine Mountains. 



Dr. Merriam saw two males of this species and one hepatic tanager in 

 a tall cottonwood at the point where Beaverdam Creek joins the Virgin 



