May, 1893.] BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



49 



River Lakes by Mr. Bailey and the writer in August and September; 

 and on the Kaweah River, below the pines, September 12. Mr. Nelson 

 noted it at the head of Owens River and on the western slope, where it 

 was rather more common. He also saw a few at Mount Pihos about 

 the middle of October, and Mr. Palmer say a few in Tejon Pass, July 12. 



Record of specimens collected of Spliyrapicus ruber. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



140 

 412 



413 



Sex. 



tfad. 



d"im. 

 cfim. 



Locality. 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



.do. 





Date. 



July 24. 1891 

 Aug. 12. 1891 



....do 



....do 



Collector. 



F. Stephens. . 

 A. K. Fisher. 



....do 



V. Bailey 



Remarks. 



Horse Corral 

 Meadows. 



Do. 

 Kern River Lakes. 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus. Williamson's Sapsucker. 



Williamson's woodpecker is not uncommon in a number of places in 

 the Sierra Nevada, in California. Mr. Nelson saw one at the head of 

 Owens River, and a few on the western slope opposite that place. 

 Several were seen at Horse Corral Meadows, August 1 L-13 ; at Whitney 

 Meadows about September 1; and the species was common at Big 

 Cottonwood Meadows, August 25-27, Avhere Mr. Dutcher killed several 

 earlier in the season. It was noted at Soda Springs or Kern River 

 Lakes, early in September; at Mineral King, the last of July and the 

 second week in September, and was seen once on Mount Pihos about 

 the middle of October. 



Record of specimens collected of Sphyrapicus thyroideus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



410 



27 



28 



29 



423 



156 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Sierra Nevada, Calif Aug. 11, 1891 



.do. 



Alio;. 2,1891 



d"im. ! do Aug. 4,1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher — 



V. Bailey 



L.H. Diltclicr... 



d"im. ! do ' do I do 



im. | do....* ] do '' do , 



d ! do ! Aug. 20. 1891 | A. K. Fisher . . . 



cfim. ! do ! Aug. 21, 1831 ! F. Stephens. .. . 



Remarks. 



Horse Corral 



Meadows. 

 Mineral King. 

 Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do.. 

 Olauclia Peak. 



Ceophlceus pileatus. Pileatod Woodpecker. 



This handsome woodpecker was not observed except in the Sierra 

 Nevada, in California, where Mr. Kelson found it common at an altitude 

 of about 1980 meters (6,500 feet) in the Mariposa grove of big trees near 

 AVawona and along the Merced River. The writer heard it a number of 

 times in the Sequoia National Park early in August, and Mr. Palmer 

 saw a j)air in Kings River Canon, August 14. 

 Melanei'pes formicivorus bairdi. California Woodpecker. 



The California woodpecker was not seen east of the western slope of 

 the Sierra Nevada. Dr. Merriam found it in Walker Basin June 21 j in 

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