Mat, 1893. 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



137 



Fort Tcjon the first week in July. The writer found it rather common 

 in the Sequoia National Park during the first week in August, at Horse 

 Corral Meadows August 9-13, in Kings Eiver Canon August 13-16, 

 and in Bound Valley, 12 miles south of Mount Whitney, and Whitney 

 Meadows the last of the month. At Three Bivers, in the western foot- 

 hills of the Sierra, it was common among the oaks July 25-30; Mr. 

 Bailey saw it along the Kaweah Biver up to timber line in August; 

 Mr. Dutch er found it a common summer resident at Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows, and Mr. Stephens reported it as rather common at Menache 

 Meadows May 24-26. Mr. Nelson saw it from the Canada de las Uvas 

 to the head of San Einigdio Canon the last of October, and in the 

 mountains near San Simeon in November. 



Record of specimens collected of Sitta carolinensis aculeata. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



352 



427 



d 



¥ 



d 



PanamintMountains, Calif. . 

 Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



June 23, 1891 

 Aug. 27, 1891 



July 30, 1891 



A. EI. Fisher 



...do 



Telescope Peak. 



Bound Valley, 12 miles 

 south Mount Whit- 

 ney. 



20 



B. H. Duteher 







Meadows. 



Sitta canadensis. Red-bellied. Nuthatch. 



The red bellied nuthatch was not seen in the mountain ranges east of 

 the Sierra Nevada in California. It was common in the Sequoia National 

 Bark and Horse Corral Meadows, where it was often heard or seen dur- 

 ing the first half of August. Mr. Nelson saw a few on the western slope 

 of the mountains opposite the head of Owens Biver, and the writer found 

 it common among the flocks of migrants in Bound Valley, 12 miles south 

 of Mount Whitney, August 27-28, and at timber line above Mineral King 

 September 9-11. On the coast Mr. Bailey reported the red-bellied 

 nuthatch as common at Monterey September 28 to October 9. 



Record of specimens collected of Sitta canadensis. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



40G 

 431 



? 



¥ 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



Aug. 4.1S91 

 Aug. 28, 1891 



A. K. Fisher 



do 



Sequoia National 

 Park. 



Pound Valley, 12 miles 

 south Mount Whit- 

 ney. 









Sitta pygmaea. Pygmy Nuthatch. 



The only locality east of the Sierra Nevada where this nuthatch was 

 met with was the Charleston Mountains, Nevada, where Mr. Palmer and 

 Mr. Nelson found it common in February high up among the fox-tail 

 pine (Pinus aristata). Mr. Stephens found it not uncommon nearly 



