34 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No. 7. 



At San Emigdio and the adjacent foothills Mr. Nelson found it 

 quite common in October, and was told that it became very numerous 

 there in winter. He also found it common along the coast near San 

 Simeon ', and in the Santa Ynez Mountains. In all these places it was 

 shy and difficult of approach. On the *pass at the head of Owens 

 Biver, July 24, and on the trail above Lone Pine, August 27, Mr. Nel- 

 son saw solitary birds which he thought belonged to this species. 



Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. 



The turkey buzzard was seen in various localities, both in the desert 

 and in the mountain regions, but was nowhere common. It was first met 

 with in Death Yalley, where a few were seen during the latter part of 

 March. Dr. Merriam saw a number sailing over the Mohave Desert 

 March 29 and 30, and saw several congregated about a dead horse at 

 Furnace Creek, Death Yalley, April 11. He saw one in Emigrant 

 Canon in the Panamint Mountains about the middle of April, and 

 another at Hot Springs, in Panamint Yalley, April 20. Mr. Nelson saw 

 a few over Mesquite Yalley, and in the Grapevine Mountains in May'; 

 found it sparingly in the Inyo Mountains, from the valley to the sum - 

 mit, in the latter part of June, and in the White Mountains in July. 



In the Argus Range the writer saw it in Shepherd' Canon and at 

 Maturango Spring, in the latter part of April and first part of May; a 

 few were found at Coso the latter part of May, and around Owens Lake 

 and Lone Pine in June. The species was noted all through Owens Yal- 

 ley, from the southern part to the upper end, and at the base of the 

 White Mountains. On the last trip to Death Yalley some were seen at 

 Furnace Creek, June 19-21. 



In the Sierra Nevada it was seen at Kernville, along the valley of the 

 Kern Kiver, and in Walker Basin in July; and in the High Sierra at 

 Horse Corral, Big Cottonwood, and Whitney meadows, in August. 



It was seen at Old Fort Tejon, and in Tehachapi Yalley, California, 

 in June, by Dr. Merriam and Mr. Palmer. In the San Joaquin Yalley 

 it was seen at various places from Bakersfield to Yisalia and Three 

 Eivers. Mr. Bailey saw it at Monterey the last of September ; and Mr. 

 Stephens at Eeche Canon, near San Bernardino, about the same date. 

 In Nevada Dr. Merriam saw it in Yegas Wash, May 3 ; in the Yirgin 

 Yalley, May 8 ; Pahranagat Yalley, May 22-26 ; Ash Meadows, May 30 ; 

 and a few on Mount Magruder, June 4-8. In the Santa Clara Yalley, 

 Utah, it was rather common, May 11-15. 



Mr. Nelson found it common in the San Joaquin Yalley, in the Te- 

 hachapi Mountains, and along the route from San Simeon to Carpen- 

 teria about the end of the year. 



Elanus leucurus. White-tailed Kite. 



Mr. Nelson found the white-tailed kite rather uncommon about San 

 Luis Obispo, where he shot a specimen and saw others in November 

 The species was not seen elsewhere. . 



