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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[Xo. 7. 



Record of specimens collected of Psaltripa/rus plumbeus. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 







d 





9 



3S 



V 



24 



s 



25 



V 



144 



V 



15.'i 





109 





131 



?im. 



Locality. 



Dato. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



Juniper Mountains, Nev 



Mount Magruder, Nov 



Grapevine Mountains, Nev . 



Resting Springs, Calif 



do 



Pananiint Mountains, Calif. 



do 



do 



Owens Valley, Nev 



May 19,1891 

 June 5, 1891 

 Mar. 24,1891 

 Feb. 21, 1891 



...do 



Mar. 28,1891 



C. Hart Merriain.. 



V.Bailey 



F. Stephens 



....do 



....do 



A. K. Fisher 



Apr. 9,1891' do 



Apr. 19,1891 ....do 



July 11,1891 : F. Stephens. 



Johnson Canon. 



Do. 

 Surprise Canon. 

 Queen station. 



Auriparus flaviceps. Yellow-headed Tit. 



The verdin is a characteristic bird of a large part of the Lower Sono- 

 rau. zone. The most western locality at which it was observed by the 

 expedition was Besting Springs, near the Amargosa Biver, Calif., where 

 a male was shot by Mr. Stephens February 13, 1891. Here the yellow- 

 headed tit was common in February, and it was seen every day among 

 the mesqnit thickets, and its nests were frequently found. As is the 

 case with several other members of the family, the old nests, after being 

 relined with feathers and hair, are used for winter homes. East of this 

 point it was found wherever suitable thickets exist, all the way to Utah. 

 Many nests were found in bushes of Plucliea borealis at the Great Bend 

 of the Colorado, Nev., by Dr. Merriain. These nests were usually about 

 five feet above the ground, and, with the exception of one containing 

 three eggs nearly ready to hatch, were still empty. Other nests were 

 observed along the Virgin Biver and the lower part of the Muddy May 

 7-10, and at Beaverdam Creek, Ariz., May 9-10; and a single nest was 

 discovered near the junction of the Santa Clara with the Virgin in 

 southwestern Utah May 14. 



Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



The ruby-crowned kinglet was a common migrant or winter resident 

 in the valleys visited, and occurred sparingly as a summer resident in 

 the higher mountains. In Nevada a few were seen at Ash Meadows in 

 March; in Pahrump Valley Mr. Nelson found it common among the 

 willows at the ranch in February; Mr. Stephens observed it in full 

 song in Oasis Valley in March; not uncommon in the Grapevine Moun- 

 tains in the same month, and Dr. Merriam shot one at Mountain Spring, 

 in the Charleston Mountains, April 30. 



At San Bernardino, Calif., "it was numerous in the bushes along the 

 streams December 28-29, 1890, and on the slopes in Cajon Pass Jan- 

 uary 2. A few were seen at Furnace Creek, Death Valley, about the 

 first of February and again April 9-12. In the Panamint Mountains 

 this kinglet was common in Johnson and Surprise canons, and toler- 

 ably so in Emigrant Canon in April. It was common at Hot Springs, 

 in Panamint Valley, April 20-25, and was observed in Shepherd 

 Canon, in the Argus B-ange, later in the month. Mr. Nelson saw a 



