Mat, 1893.] BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 155 



r >3. Colaptes cafer. Red-shafted Flicker. 



A not uncommon resident. 



54. Phaleenoptilus nutlalii. Poor- will. 



Not uncommon; breeding throughout the valley. 



55. Cliordeiles texensis. Texas Nighthawk. 



A common summer resident. 



56. Cypseloicles niger. Black Swift. 



Common ; breeds in the mountains on each side of the valley. 



57. Chaitura vauxii. Vaux's Swift. 



Seen at Olancha about the middle of May. 



58. Aeronautes melanoleucus. White-throated Swift. 



A common summer resident. 



59. TrocMlus alexandri. Black-chinned Humming Bird. 



A common summer resident. 



60. Calypte costce. Costa's Humming Bird. 



A common summer resident. 



61. Tyrannns verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. 



A common summer resident. 



62. Tyrannm tyrannus. Kingbird. 



One was seen at Olancha, June 29. 



63. Hyiarchus cinerascens. Ash-throated Flycatcher. 

 A not uncommon summer resident. 



64. Sayomis saya. Say's Phoebe. 



A not uncommon breeding species. 



65. Sayomis nigricans. Black Phoebe. 



Seen and apparently breeding at Little Owens Lake and Bishop Creek. 



66. Contopus richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. 



A common summer resident. 



67. Empidonax pusillus. Little Flycatcher. 



Seen at Olancha in May, and at Lone Pine June 11. 



68. Empidonax wrightii. Wright's Flycatcher, 



Found at Olancha in May, and at Bishop Creek in August. 



69. Otocoris alpestris arenicola. Desert Horned Lark. 



A common summer resident. 



70. Otocoris alpestris chrysolmma. Mexican Horned Lark. 



Found at Owens Lake in December, 1890. 



71. Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. Blue-fronted Jay. 



Seen at Bishop Creek in August. 



72. Aphelocoma californica. California Jay. 



Found on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada. 



73. Corvus corax sinuatus. Raven. 



Resident. 



74. Picicorvus columbianus. Clarke's Nutcracker. 



Observed at the head of the valley and Bishop Creek. 



75. Cyanoceplialus cyanoceplwlus. Pinon Jay. 



Seen at Benton and Bishop Creek. 



76. Xanlliocephalus xanlhoceplialus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



A not uncommon resident. 



77. Agelaius pkceniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. 



A common resident. 



78. Agelaius gubernator. Bicolored Blackbird. 



A specimen was secured at Olancha, June 11. 



79. Sturnella magna neglecla. Western Meadowlark. 



A common resident. 



