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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7 



July 15; they were common at Bakersfield, July 17-20; in Tehachapi 

 Pass, June 25, and a few were observed around Visalia in July. Sev- 

 eral were seen iu Reclie Canon, by Mr Stephens, September 22-24; and 

 a male by Mr. Kelson at Santa Paula, during the last of December. 



Harporhynchus redivivus. California Thrasher. 



The California thrasher is a bird of the chaparral and was not found 

 in the desert regions east of the Sierra Nevada. At San Bernardino 

 tlie writer saw one December 29, 1890, and Mr. Stephens reported the 

 species rather common in Beche Canon near the same place, Sep- 

 tember 22-21, 1891. A pair was seen at Cane Brake ranch on the 

 western slope of Walker Pass, July 3, and several at Kernville, where 

 two were secured July 12. A number were seen in Walker Basin, July 

 13-16, and Dr. Merriam found the species common between that place 

 and Caliente June 24; in the Canada delas Uvas June 28-29; and in 

 the Sierra Liebre June 30. In the latter range it passes over the 

 divide and occurs in the chaparral on the north slope, close to the 

 edge of the Mohave Desert. Several were seen at Bakersfield, in the 

 San Joaquin Valley, July 17-20. Mr. Bailey saw a pair in the oak 

 brush just below the edge of the conifers on the Kaweah River, and 

 others at Boulder Creek; and Mr. Nelson found them common along the 

 coast, from Morro to Santa Paula, during November and December. 



Record of specimens collected of Harporhynchus redivivus. 



Col- 

 lector's 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



386 



9 im. 



? 

 d 





July 11, 1891 

 do 



A. K. Fisher 



V. Uaile.y 







do 





165 





Sept. 15, 1891 



F. Stephens 











Harporhynchus lecontei. LeConte's Thrasher. 



Le Conte's thrasher is a characteristic bird of the deserts of south- 

 eastern California and southern Nevada and Arizona, where it was 

 found in all the Lower Sonoran valleys east of the Sierra visited by 

 the expedition. It is not a migratory species and probably remains in 

 the vicinity of its summer home the entire year. This statement is 

 strengthened by the fact that in most places where the species was 

 found old nests were also observed. These were placed in arborescent 

 cactuses, mesquite, or other thorny shrubs. 



This thrasher was first seen by us not far from Victor, in the Mohave 

 Desert, California, January 7, and a number were noticed between 

 Daggett and Granite Wells, January 8-13 and April 4-6. In Death 

 Valley, a pair was seen at Bennett Wells January 21, others about the 

 middle of April, and a pair with five young on June 21; at Furnace 

 Creek one was seen the last o± January. At Resting Springs the spe- 



