May, 1893.] BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



Record of specimens collected of Oroscoptes montanus. 



127 



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 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



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51 



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Hesperia, Calif 



Granite "Wells Calif 



Jan. 4, 1891 

 Jan. 14,1891 

 do 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



do 





60 



. do 









May 12,1891 

 Apr. 15, 1891 

 July 9,1891 

 Mar. 11,1891 

 May 16, 1891 

 May 17, 1891 



T. S. Palmer 



IT. Stephens 



do 





45 

 130 



Panamint Mountains, Calif 



Owens Vallev, Calif 



Ash Meadows, Nov 



St. .George, Utah 



Mountain Meadows, Utah 





30 



do 







V. Bailey 



3,800 feet altitude. 





C. Hart Merriam. . 



Nest and eggs. 



Mimus polyglottos. Mocking Bird. 



The mockingbird was found sparingly in the desert regions of Cali- 

 fornia, and was more or less common in similar localities in Nevada, 

 Utah, and Arizona. It was common about San Bernardino, Calif., 

 and iu Cajon Pass the first of January and the latter part of March. 

 In Death Valley, one was seen at Saratoga Springs in the latter part 

 of January, and others in various other parts of the valley proper and 

 in the northwest arm (Mesquite Valley), April 8-13, but was not seen 

 anywhere in the valley during the trip of June 19-21. It was found 

 at Hot Springs in Panamint Valley, April 20-24, and was tolerably 

 common among the yuccas in Coso Valley and Mountains, throughout 

 May. Mr. Nelson found it through the north end of the PanamintMoun- 

 tains from the divide between Cottonwood and Willow creeks down to 

 the botton of Mesquite and Saline valleys. In the Grapevine Moun- 

 tains it ranged up to the base of the main summits, at an altitude of 

 2,450 meters (8,000 feet). The same observer found it common as high 

 as the lower edge of the piiions in the Inyo Mountains, to 2,370 meters 

 (7,800 feet) at the head of Owens River in the Sierra, and a few from' 

 the head of Owens Valley up to 2,430 meters (8,000 feet) in the White 

 Mountains. 



In Nevada, Dr. Merriam fouud Mocking Birds in Tule Canon, at the 

 extreme northern end of the northwest arm of Death Valley, June 4 ; on 

 the southern slope of Gold Mountain, among the tree yuccas, June 3; 

 in Oasis Valley, June 1; intheTimpahute Mountains, May 26 (among the 

 ,tree yuccas) ; in Pahranagat Valley, May 22-26 (common and breeding) ; 

 at Pahroc Spring, May 20-22; in Meadow Creek Valley, May 19; in 

 the valleys of the Muddy and Virgin, May 6-8 (common) ; at the Bend 

 of the Colorado May 4; in Vegas Valley and Wash, April 30-May 3; 

 and in Pahrump Valley, April 28-29 (several in the tree yuccas on east 

 side of valley). In Utah, he found them common in the Lower Santa 

 Clara Valley, May 11-15, and abundant on both sides of the Beavec- 

 dam Mountains, May 10-11. 



They were tolerably common in Owens Valley, Calif., where they were 

 seen at Little Owens Lake, Keeler, and Lone Pine. A pair was seen on 

 the eastern slope of Walker Pass, July 1, and another at Walker Basin, 



