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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



Tehachapi Pass, June 25 ; and in the Canada de las Uvas, where it was 

 breeding abundantly, Jnne 28-29. At Three Eivers, in the foot hills, 

 the species was common July 25-30, and September 14-17, at which time 

 it was feeding on acorns. 



In Walker Basin th,e writer saw several families along a fence row 

 where they were feeding on grasshoppers, July 13-16, and on the lltli 

 the species was common among the pines on the ridge above the valley. 



All along the road between Tulare and Visalia in the San Joaquin 

 Valley, this woodpecker was common among the oaks, July 22-21. As 

 many as ten individuals were seen in one tree. 



Mr. Nelson found it common and generally distributed among the oaks 

 in the San Joaquin Valley, and along the route from San Simeon to Santa 

 Paula, during the last three months of the year. 



Record of specimens collected of Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



389 

 401 



Sex. 





Locality. 



Walker Basin, Calif. 

 Visalia, Calif 



Date. 



June 14, 1891 

 July 23, 1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher . 

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Remarks. 



Melanerpes torquatus. Lewis's Woodpecker. 



This woodpecker was quite common in Walker Basin, where it was 

 seen June 21 and July 13-16. The birds were stationed along the fence 

 rows and on trees, from which they made frequent excursions to the 

 ground to capture grasshoppers. The stomachs of a number examined 

 contained nothing but the remains of this insect. 



It was seen by Dr. Merriam and Mr. Palmer near Old Fort Tejon, in 

 the Canada de las Uvas, the latter part of June. Mr. Nelson saw one 

 on the plateau at the head of Owens Valley in July and on the east 

 slope of the Sierra at the head of Owens Eiver in the latter part of July. 

 At Three Rivers, in the western foothills, it was common among the 

 oaks September 12-17. 



Record of specimens collected of Melanerpes torquatus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



388 



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Walker Basin, California. 



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July 13, 1891 



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A. K. Fisher . 

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Melanerpes uropygialis. Gila Woodpecker. 



A specimen of this woodpecker was taken by Mr. Bailey near Fort 

 Mohave, Ariz., in March, 1889. 

 Colaptes cafer. Red-shafted Flicker. 



The red-shafted nicker was seen in many places, though it was com- 

 paratively rare over the greater part of the country traversed. 



