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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



pro. 7. 



upper edge of tlie pinon belt to the summit of the range, June 24 to July 

 4, and sparingly in the White Mountains a little later. It was common 

 at the head of Owens River, from 2,500 to 2,900 meters (8,200 to 9,500 

 feet) altitude, and also on the west slope in the Yosemite Valley and 

 on the head of the Merced River. In Owens Valley it was observed at 

 Lone Pine in December, 1890, and at Little Owens Lake, May 6-11. 



Along the east slope of the Sierra Nevada it was seen at Independ- 

 ence Creek, where it was probably breeding, June 18-21; at Bishop 

 Creek August 4-10; at Menache Meadows May 24-26; and at Big Cot- 

 tonwood Meadows during the summer and early fall. 



It was common at Horse Corral Meadows August 10, and along the 

 Kaweah River, where it was breeding, from 2,130 meters (7,000 feet) 

 altitude up to timber line during the first part of August. Mr. Palmer 

 found it rather common on the summit of Frazier Mountain, near Old 

 Fort Tejon, on July 9. Mr. Nelson found it common at San Luis Obispo, 

 Santa Paula, Carpenteria, and in the San Joaquin Valley in November 

 and December, 1891. 



Record of specimens collected of Dendroica audiiMni. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



2 

 96 



? im. 



d 

 d 



d 



9 



d 



San Bernardino, Calif 



Death Valley, Calif 



Dec. 28,1890 

 Feb. 1, 1891 

 June 19, 1891 



....do 



A. K. Fisher 



do 





2 

 3 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



B. H. Dutcher 

 do 



Big Cottonwood 



Meadows. 

 do 



12 



do 



do 



July 7,1891 

 July 26, 1891 



do 



do... 



142 



F. Stephens 





Dendroica nigrescens. Black-throated Gray Warbler. 



The black- throated gray warbler was first observed among the piiions 

 above Maturango Spring, in the Argus Range, California, where a 

 female was secured May 8, containing a large egg in the oviduct, and 

 on the following day one was seen carrying nesting material in its beak. 

 Mr. Nelson saw a few in the Panamint Mountains among the piiions on 

 Willow Creek the last of May, and found them breeding among the 

 same trees in the Grapevine Mountains. Above the ' charcoal kilns ' in 

 Wild Rose Canon in the Panamint Mountains, males were heard sing- 

 ing by Mr. Bailey and the writer June 25. This warbler was found 

 breeding in the Inyo and White Mountains and in the Sierra Nevada, 

 at the head of Owens River. Dr. Merriain shot one at Sheep Spring in 

 the Juniper Mountains, Nevada, May 19, and two in the nut pines on 

 Mt. Magruder, June 5. Mr. Bailey saw a few among the pines on the 

 Kaweah River the last of July, and the writer saw one on the Hockett 

 trail near Little Cottonwood Creek, August 23, and secured a specimen 

 at Three Rivers, September 14. 



Mr. Nelson reported a few as seen along the coast from San Simeon 

 to Carpenteria, Calif., November 4 to December 18. 



