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In Nevada, Mr. Nelson saw this woodpecker in Pahrump and Vegas 

 valleys during the latter part of February and first of March. Mr. 

 Stephens observed it in the Grapevine Mountains March 20-26 and 

 found it common at the Queen mine July 11-16. Dr. Merriam saw two 

 in the nut pine zone on Mount Magruder June 6, and the writer shot an 

 individual, the only one seen, at Ash Meadows, March 2. At Pahrump 

 ranch, Mr. Nelson saw where one had drilled four holes through the 

 boards in the gable end of a building used as a granary, and each time 

 a piece of tin had been placed over the hole. When he was there, the 

 bird had just completed a fifth hole, close to the others. 



In California, it was common just outside of the town of San Bernar- 

 dino the last of December, 1890, and was observed in Cajon Pass Jan- 

 uary 1-2. At Hesperia, in the Mohave Desert, a number were seen 

 among the tree yuccas January 3-4. 



Mr. Nelson found the species in the Inyo Mouutains the latter part 

 of June, and stated that it occurred wherever there was moisture 

 enough to support a growth of the higher pines in the mountains or of 

 cotton woods in the valleys. He also found it common from the head of 

 Owens Valley up to timber line in the White Mountains in July. Dr. 

 Merriam saw a red-shafted flicker at Furnace Creek, in Death Valley 

 April 10, among the willows and mesquite; one at Hot Springs, Pana- 

 mint Valley, about April 20, and another in the Panamint Mountains a 

 few days earlier. In the Argus Eange, the writer saw one at Maturango 

 Spring May 14, several in the Coso Mountains during the latter part 

 of the same month, and a number in the higher portions of the Pana- 

 mint Mountains the last week in June. In Owens Valley, it was seen 

 by Mr. Nelson at Lone Pine, in December, 1890, and by Mr. Stephens 

 at Independence Creek, Bishop Creek, and Benton during the summer. 



This woodpecker was not uncommon in Walker Pass, along the val- 

 ley of the Kern River, at Kernville, and in Walker Basin during the 

 first half of July. On the High Sierra it Avas seen in the Sequoia Na- 

 tional Park the first week in August ; at Horse Corral Meadows Au- 

 gust 9-13 j in Kings Eiver Canon August 13-16 $ at Menache Meadows 

 May 24-26; at Big Cottonwood Meadows June 15 to September; at 

 Whitney Meadows the last of August ; Soda Springs or Kern River 

 Lakes, August and first part of September; and at Mineral King and 

 down the west slope to Three Rivers in the foothills during the first 

 two weeks in September. 



Dr. Merriam saw it in the Canada de las ITvas June 28-29, and the 

 writer observed it at Bakersfield July 17-20. Mr. Bailey recorded the 

 species from Monterey September 20 to October 9, and Mr. Nelson 

 reported it common in the Tejon Mountains, in the San Joaquin Valley, 

 at San Luis Obispo, and along the route between San Simeon and Car- 

 penteria during the fall and early winter. 



Phalaenoptilus nuttalli. Poor-will. 



The poor- will was common in a nr-uber of localities visited by the 



