May, 1893.] 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



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any direction. He found the species at Mountain Spring in the 

 Charleston Mountains, April 30; in Desert Valley, May 20; in the 

 Juniper Mountains, May 18-19 ; and on Gold Mountain, among- the 

 yuccas on the south slope, June 3. On Mount Ma grader several were 

 seen iu Tule Canon, and thence up to an altitude of 2,450 meters (8,000 

 feet) in the nut pines, where it evidently was breeding, June 4-8. In 

 Utah it was seen in the Santa Clara Valley near St. George, May 11-15; 

 at Mountain Meadows, May 17; and among the tree yuccas on the 

 south slope of the Beaverdam Mountains, May 10. Several were seen 

 in the nut pines on the While and Inyo mountains, California. 



In Owens Valley the species was quite common and numbers of 

 young birds were seen about the orchards and roadsides in June. Mr. 

 Nelson found it breeding in thePanamint, Grapevine, Inyo, and White 

 mountains and the adjacent valleys, and Dr. Merriam saw several in 

 the clumps of mesquite, in Death Valley and Mesquite Valley, April 8-18 



It was common in Kern River Valley, Walker Pass, and Walker 

 Basin, and in the San Joaquin Valley between Bakersfield and Visalia. 

 It is a question whether the individuals seen by the writer at San Bern- 

 ardino, December 27-30, 1890; by Dr. Merriam in the southern part of 

 San Diego County, July 1-10, and by Mr. Nelson along the route from 

 San Simeon to Carpenteria and Santa Paula should not be referred to 

 the California shrike (Lanius ludovicianus gambeli). 



Record of specimens collected of Lanius ludovicianus excuoitorides. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



37 

 CI 



d 

 d 

 ? 

 d 

 9 



cf.juv. 



?.jnv. 



S.iuv. 



cTjuv. 



? 



cfjuv. 



.? 



Hesperia. Calif 



Granite Wells, Calif 



Deatli Valley, Calif 



Jan. 4, 1891 

 Jan. 15,1891 

 Feb. 3, 1891 

 Mar. 4, 1S91 

 Feb. 21,1891 



May 27, 1891 

 do 



A. K. Fisher 



do 



Mohave Desert. 

 Do. 



97 



do 





116 





do : 





26 



262 

 263 



Twelve-mile Spring, Calif. . . 



Coso "Mountains, Calif 



do 



F. Stephens 



A.K.Fisher 



do 



North of Resting 

 Springs. 



264 



do 



do 



...do 





296 





June 5,1891 

 May 13, 1891 

 do 



....do 



F.Stephens 



do 





56 





Haway Meadows. 

 Do. 



57 



do 



106 



do 



June 19, 1891 



do 



Independence Creek 









Vireo gilvus swainsoni. Western Warbling Vireo. 



The warbling vireo was seeu with very little regularity and was com- 

 mon in few localities visited by the expedition. In Owens Valley Mr. 

 Stephens saw one among the willows at Haway Meadows, May 13; 

 found it common and migrating at Olancha, May 16-23; common in the 

 lower part of the canon of Independence Creek, June 18-23; and heard 

 several among the willows at the Queen mine in the White Moun- 

 tains, Nevada, July 11-16. At Coso one was seen among the willows 

 and rose bushes bordering a spring, May 23, and two were secured 

 at the same place the following day. Dr. Merriam shot a specimen in 

 worn breeding-plumage at Ash Meadows, Nevada, May 30, and saw a 



