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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



Helrninthophila celata lutescens. Lutescent Warbler. 



This active little warbler was (bund to be abundant in a few places 

 during migration. At San Bernardino one was seen on the border of 

 a stream, December 29, 1890. In the Panamint Mountains it was seen 

 in Johnson Oaiioii, April 12; by Mr. Nelson among the willows at the 

 heads of Willow and Mill creeks, the last of May; and by Mr. Bailey 

 and the writer near the ' charcoal kilns ' at the head of Wild Hose Canon, 

 June 23. In the Argus Range, it was common both in Shepherd 

 Canon and at Maturango Spring the first half of May. Mr. Stephens 

 saw a few migrating by Little Owens Lake, May 6-11; and at Haway 

 Meadows, May 12-14. 



It was common along the South Fork of the Kern, July 3-10. In 

 the High Sierra it was abundant in the Sequoia National Park, the first 

 week in August; common at Horse Corral Meadows, August 9-13; at 

 Pound Valley, 12 miles south of Mt. Whitney, August 28; and at Min- 

 eral King, September 10-11. Mr. Nelson found it common at the head 

 of Owens River and in the Yosemite Valley in July and August. 



Eecord of specimens collected of Helniinlhophila celata lutescens.- ■ - 



Col- 

 lector's 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Iternarks. 



215 

 210 



? 

 d 

 d 



d im 

 cf im 



$ im 



Argus Eange, Calif 



May 8, 1801 

 May 9, 1891 

 do 



A. K. Fisher 



do 



Maturango Spring. 



no. 



217 



do 





DO. 







V. Bailey 





159 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



Aug. 3. 1891 

 Aug. 22, 1891 



E. W. Nelson . . . 



F. Stephens 



South Fork Merced 



River. 

 Olancha Peak. 









Dendroica eestiva. Yellow Warbler. 



The yellow warbler was tolerably common in a number of localities 

 visited by members of the expedition. Mr. Nelson found it a rather 

 common breeding species among the willows along Willow Creek, Mill 

 Creek, and Cottonwood Creek canons in the Panamint Mountains, and 

 noted a few in Wood Canon in the Grapevine Mountains. The same 

 observer found it common at the head of Owens Valley at the base of 

 the White Mountains and up to 2,600 meters (8,500 feet) altitude at 

 the head of Owens River, in the Sierra Nevada. The writer first ob- 

 served the species at Coso, where an adult male was seen busily en- 

 gaged catching insects among some willows and rose bushes on the 

 evening of May 24 and the following morning. 



At Lone Pine, in Owens Valley, yellow warblers were common among 

 the orchards and shade trees, June 4-15. In the same valley, Mr. 

 Stephens found it common at Independence Creek, June 18-24; not com- 

 mon at Benton, July 9-10, and the Queen mill, Nevada, July 11-16, and 

 saw two or three individuals in the cotton woods at Morans, July 4-7. 



In Nevada, Dr. Merriam shot a male in Pahrump Valley, on a soli- 

 tary mesquite bush at a small spring six miles south of Yount's ranch, 



