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



Record of specimens collected of Saljpinctes obsoletus. 



Col-' 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





9 



d 



04 



d 



275 



cfjuv. 



330 



9 



42 



d 



Locality. 



Daggett, Calif 



Lone Willow Spring, Calif 

 Owens Vallev. Calif 



do ':: 



Grapevine Spring, Calif... 



Date. 



Feb. 7, 1891 

 Jan. 17,1891 

 June 1,1891 

 June 11, 1891 

 April 2,1891 



Collector. 



F. Stephens. 

 A. K. Fisher 



...do 



...do 



F. Stephens. 



Remarks. 



Mohave Desert. 



Keeler. 

 Lone Pine. 



Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. Canon Wren. 



The canon wren was found in a number of tlie mountain ranges vis- 

 ited by the expedition in California and Nevada. In a few places in 

 the Panamint Mountains it was common, but in no other of the desert 

 ranges was it found in any numbers. We first. observed it in Furnace 

 Creek Canon in the Funeral Mountains, on our way to the Amargosa 

 Desert early in February, and again on the return trip in the latter 

 part of March. Mr. Bailey saw one at Saratoga Springs in the south- 

 ern end of Death V alley, in February. In Johnson and Surprise canons, 

 in the Panamint Eange, it was common, and males were heard singing 

 at all times of day during the first half of April. A few were seen by 

 Mr. Nelson on the east or Saline Valley side of the Inyo Mountain sin 

 the latter part of the same month. In the Argus Eange it was seen in 

 Shepherd Canon in January and April, and at Lookout in the latter 

 part of June. Dr. Merriam found it among the cliffs in the juniper 

 belt on both sides of the Beaverdam Mountains, in southwestern Utah, 

 May 10-11. He also found it breeding along the cliffs in the Lower 

 Santa Clara Valley, Utah, May 11-15, and at the Upper Santa Clara 

 crossing, May 16. Two were seen in the Pahroc Mountains, near Pah- 

 roc Spring, Nevada, May 22. In the northern part of the range, and 

 in the Grapevine Mountains, Nevada, Mr. Nelson did not find it com- 

 mon during May and early June. 



The following notes may refer wholly or in part to the present race 

 of the canon wren, or to the California coast form (punctulatus), as no 

 specimens were preserved for identification. Several Avere seen along 

 the South Fork of Kern Biver, and near Kernville, Calif., in early July. 

 Dr. Merriam saw several in the Canada de las Uvas, and heard it in 

 the cation of Peru Creek below Alamo ranch, in the Sierra Liebre, June 

 30. A few were seen at Three Bivers, Tulare County, in the western 

 foothills of the Sierra, July 25-29, and September 17, and in the Se- 

 quoia National Park, at Halsted Meadows, August 6. Several were 

 seen by Mr. Palmer at Michigan Bluff, Placer County, the last week 

 in September. 



