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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 

 Record of specimens collected of Turdus aonalaschkce. 



[NO. 7. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sox. . 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



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Panamint Mountains, Calif. 

 Sierra Nevada, Calif 



Mar. 28, 1891 

 Sept. 11,1891 



Oct. G, 1891 

 Nov. 10, 1891 

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E."W. Nelson 



15. II. Dutchcr.... 



V. Bailey ... 



Johnson Canon. 



Big Col t on wood 

 Meadows. 







E. W. Kelson 

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...do 















Turdus aonalaschkce auduboni. Audubon's Hermit Thrush. 



A race of the dwarf thrush, named Turdus scquoiensis by Mr. Belding, 

 but which the committee on nomenclature of the American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union decided to be not different from auduboni of the Eocky 

 Mountain region, is a summer resident in the Sierra Nevada, and prob- 

 ably in some of the desert ranges, though this is not certain, as speci- 

 mens were not taken in the latter in summer. This applies to the rec- 

 ords of individuals seen at Willow Creek in the Panamint Mountains, 

 during the latter part of May, and on the east side of Waucoba Peak, 

 in the Inyo Mountains, in June. In the Sierra Nevada Mr. Dutcher 

 found the species common during the summer at Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows, and Mr. Nelson reported it as abundant at the head of Owens 

 Eiver and on the San Joaquin Eiver. Mr. Stephens heard a thrush 

 above the Queen mine in the White Mountains, Nevada, July 11-16; 

 saw the species at Bishop Creek August 4-10, and about the lakes on 

 Independence Creek June 18-23. Mr. Belding found it in the Yosemite 

 Valley in June. 



Record of specimens collected of Turdus aonalaschlcce auduboni. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sox. 



Locality. 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



White Mountains, Calif 

 Sierra Nevada, Calif 



Date. 



June 23, 1891 



July 11,1891 

 July 10, 1891 

 July 23, 1891 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



B. H. Dutcher.... 



...do 



E. \V. Nelson.. 

 ...do 



Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows. 



Merula migratoria propinqua. Western Robin. 



The robin is a rather rare bird in the desert regions, even during 

 migration and in winter. In Nevada several were seen at Ash Mead- 

 ows in March. Mr. Palmer found it rather common from the valley up 

 to the pinons on the west side of the Charleston Mountains in February, 

 and Mr. Nelson saw it about the ranches in Pahrump and Vegas val- 

 leys, and in Vegas Wash, in March. Dr. Merriam saw it on Mount Ma- 

 gruder June 8, and in Utah, at Mountain Meadows, May 17. In Cali- 

 fornia a few were seen at Fnrnace Creek, Death Valley, the latter part 

 of January, and again on April 10. Several were observed at Besting 

 Springs, in the Amargosa Desert, the first half of February. A few 

 robins were seen about a spring in Johnson Canon, in the Panamint 



