May, 1893.] 



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on account of its more or less retiring habits comparatively few were 

 seen, though their tracks were common. In Nevada it was very common 

 among the sand dunes and mesquite patches at Ash Meadows, as well 

 as in Yegas Valley and at the Bend of the Colorado, in March, and 

 Mr. Stephens heard it in Oasis Valley. 



In California the species is resident in Death Valley, as its numerous 

 tracks seen around the mesquite and other thick growths at Furnace 

 Creek during January and in June conclusively demonstrate. 



At Eesting Springs in the Amargosa Desert, where it was tolerably 

 common, Mr. Bailey caught one in a steel trap, February 12, and Mr. 

 Nelson found indications of its presence in Mesquite and Saline valleys. 

 In Owens Valley it was very common, judging from the tracks; Mr. 

 Nelson found it common and secured a specimen at Lone Pine in 

 December, 1890; and Dr. Merriam saw one three miles south of that town, 

 Juue 18, and others at the lower end of the valley on the following day. 

 He saw one in Walker Pass June 22, and Mr. Bailey secured a specimen 

 in the same place July 3. Several were seen along the South Fork of 

 Kern River and at Kernville, June 22-23 and July 3-1S, and near 

 Alamo ranch in the Sierra Liebre, June 30. Dr. Merriam saw two near 

 the north end of Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, March 

 29, and found it common in the southern part of San Diego county in 

 Escondido and San Marcos valleys, where it was breeding in patches of 

 branching cactus. 



In the Canada delasUvas,Mr. Palmer saw one near Castac Lake July 

 9, and shot one the following day at Old Fort Tejon. In the San Joaquin 

 Valley tracks were seen frequently in the river bottoms and along 

 the borders of thickets near Bakersfield in July, and Mr. Nelson found 

 it common about the foothills at the south and west sides of the valley, 

 October 5-27. The same observer found it along the coast from Morro 

 to Carpentaria in November, and Mr. Bailey at Monterey, September 

 28 to October 9. 



Record of specimens collectedof Geococcyx californianus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



9 



Locality. 



Resting Springs, Calif. 

 Walker Pass, Calif 



Date. 



Fel).12, 1801 

 July 3, 1831 



Collector. 



V. Bailey 



do — 



Remarks. 



Coccyzus americanus occidentalis. California Cuckoo. 



At Furnace Creek ranch in Death Valley, a cuckoo was seen among 

 the willows at the edge of the reservoir about sunrise on June 20, and 

 later in the day Mr. Bailey succeeded in securing it (an adult female). 

 In the San Joaquin Valley the species was common at Bakersfield July 

 17-20, and was heard several times at Visalia among the live oaks July 

 22-25. In Owens Valley, Mr. Stephens saw one August 11, two miles 

 west of Bishop. No others were recorded. 



