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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 

 Record of specimens collected of Cinclus mexicanus. 



[No. 7. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Dale. 



Collector. Remarks. 



'381 

 433 



im. 

 d 



d 



d 

 d 



Kern River, Calif 



Whitney Meadows, Calif' 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



July 7. 1801 

 Aug. 31,1891 



July 8,1891 



Aug. 2.1891 

 Aug. 14, 1891 



A. K. Fisher 



. .. .in 





15 

 24 



B. H. Dutoher 



do . 



Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows. 



Do. 



410 



Kings River Canon, Calif. . . 



A. K. Fisher 





Oroscoptes montanus. Sage Thrasher. 



The sage thrasher is a characteristic inhabitant of the sage plains, 

 occurring in company with the sage sparrow (Amjphispiza belli neva- 

 densis), Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri), and the lark sparrow 

 ( Ghondestes grammaous strigatus). It was not found in the lower valleys 

 except as a winter resident. A flock of six or eight was seen at Hes- 

 peria in the* Mohave Desert, January 4, and about an equal number 

 at Granite Wells, January 13-15. One was observed at Mesquite Well 

 in Death Valley, January 20. Mr. Nelson saw about half a dozen 

 in the sage brush on the divide between Willow and Cottonwood 

 creeks in the Panamint Mountains, where they seemed to be breeding 

 during the last of May. Dr. Merriam found the species common 

 among the sage brush north of Telescope Peak April 15. A pair was 

 observed in Goso Valley, below Maturango Spring, May 11, and Mr. 

 Nelson reported the species common in the same place in January. 



In Nevada a few were noted at Ash Meadows in March, and Mr. 

 Nelson found them in both Pahrump and Vegas valleys. Dr. Mer- 

 riam found them common in the sage brush on the rolling plateau of 

 the Juniper Mountains, May 18; in the valley between Gold Mountain 

 and Mount Magruder, June 4; and on Mount Magruder plateau, June 

 5-8, where a nest containing two fresh eggs was found in a sage bush, 

 June 8. In the Santa Clara Valley in southwestern Utah, they were 

 not found near St. George, but were seen first on May 15, about 8 

 miles northwest of that place where the sage brush begins. A few 

 miles further north, at the upper Santa Clara Crossing, they were 

 one of the most abundant birds, May 17- and at Mountain Meadows, 

 Utah, where they were common, he shot an adult male sitting on a 

 nest containing four fresh eggs, May 17. Mr. Nelson found them spar 

 ingly among the piiions in the Inyo Mountains, California, the latter part 

 of June; saw a few on the White Mountains and found them rather 

 common about the head of Owens Valley, in July. He reported them 

 a„s common up to 2,450 meters (8,000 feet), at the head of Owens Biver. 

 Mr. Stephens saw several at Morans, July 4-7; found them common at 

 Benton, July 9-10; and at Queen mine, in the White Mountains, 

 Nevada, where a few were heard singing, July 11-16. 



