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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



June 29. Mr. Bailey found it numerous in fresh-water ponds at Mon- 

 terey. 



Several were seen at Soda Springs or Kern River Lakes, in the Sierra 

 Nevada, September 7. Mr. Nelson found it abundant in the lakes and 

 along the streams in the San Joaquin Valley, October 5-27, and along 

 the coast. At San Simeon, he saw a group sunning themselves on a 

 strip of sandy beach just above the reach of the incoming rollers. 



Phalaropus tricolor. Wilson's Phalarope. 



Mr. Bailey shot an adult male near the overflow of a ditch in the alfalfa 

 field at Furnace Creek ranch, Death Valley, June 19, and Mr. Stephens 

 secured two at Alvord, in Owens Valley, June 27. 



Eecord of specimens collected of Phalaropus tricolor. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 







rf 



122 



rf 



123 



d 



Locality- 



Death Valley, Calif. . . 

 Owena Valley, Calif. 

 do 



Date. 



June 19, 1891 

 June 27, 1891 

 ....do 



Collector. 



V. Bailey... 

 F. Stephens 

 — do 



Remarks. 



Furnace Creek. 

 Alvord. 

 I>o. 



Recurvirostra americana. Avocet. 



Avocets were found in a few places both east and west of the Sierra 

 Nevada. A flock of eighteen was seen at Ash Meadows, Nevada, March 

 15, and most of them secured. Mr. Stephens saw a small flock at 

 Little Owens Lake, California, May 6-11, and the writer saw seven 

 standing at the edge of a bar in Kern Biver, below Kernville, Calif., 

 July 13. Mr. Nelson found it sparingly about the lakes at Lone Pine, 

 in December, 1890; at Buena Vista Lake, in the San Joaquin Valley, in 

 October; saw one individual at the head of Owens Valley in July; and 

 a few at Morro Bay in November. Dr. Merriam saw a dozen or more 

 at the northwestern end of Owens Lake, June 19. 



Himantopus mexicanus. Black-necked Stilt. 



Near the west end of the Mohave Desert, in California, Mr. Palmer 

 saw sixteen black-necked stilts at Elizabeth Lake, July 2, and three 

 at Castac Lake, July 10. No others were seen during the entire season. 



G-allinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. 



Wilson's snipe were seen in a few localities, both in California and 

 Nevada. 



Mr. Nelson saw several in marshy spots near Owens River at Lone 

 Pine, Calif., until the latter part of December, 1890, when a fall in 

 temperature drove them away. Mr. Stephens saw one at Grapevine 

 Spring, California, April 1; a number at Little Owens Lake, May 

 6-11 j and one at Furnace Creek, Death Valley, April 11. 



Mr. Bailey flushed one at Besting Springs, California, February 16, 

 and Mr. Nelson saw several near Cottonwood Spring at the east foot of 

 the Charleston Mountains early in March. At Ash Meadows, Nevada, 



