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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Record of specimens collected of Ae'ronautes melanoleucus. 



[No. 7. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 







? 



43 



V 



345 



V 



346 



9 



347 



9 





d 



95 



d 



Locality. 



Fanamint Mountains, Calif . 



Death Valley, Calif 



, do. 



do 



do 



Keeler, Calif 



Owens Lake, Calif 



Date. 



Apr. 11,1891 

 Apr. 9,1891 

 June 20, 1891 



....do 



....do 



June 2, 1891 

 June 12, 1891 



Collector. 



E. AY. Nelson 



E. Stephens 



A.K.Fisher 



<to 



....do 



T. S. Palmer 



E. Stephens 



Remarks. 



Furnace Creek. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Olancha. 



Trocliilus alexandri. Black-cliiuiiod HiiiiimingMrd. 



The black- chinned hummingbird is common in Owens Valley, Cali- 

 fornia, where it was found at the following localities: At Lone Pine a 

 number of specimens were secured in June; At Olancha Mr. Stephens 

 found it common, May 16-23 ; at Ash Greek, May 30- June 3 ; a few at 

 Independence Creek, June 18-23 ; Atvord, June 26-28 ; and young of 

 the year were common at Fish Slough, July 2-3. At Olancha he 

 secured a very interesting specimen which in its specific characters was 

 intermediate between this species and Costa's hummer, and was prob- 

 ably a hybrid. He found a nest containing three eggs in an orchard 

 at the same place, May 16. Mr. Nelson found it common on both slopes 

 of the Inyo Mountains from the valleys up to the pilions, Avherever 

 there was water enough to produce a growth of willows and other de- 

 ciduous trees. In Walker Basin, where it was not common, Mr. Bailey 

 secured a specimen, July 14, and another was taken at Bakersfield in 

 the San Joaquin Valley, July 19. At Old Fort Tejon Mr. Palmer 

 secured an immature bird in July, which he referred to this species. 



Dr. Merriam saw several and secured two at the mouth of Beaver- 

 dam Creek, Arizona, May 9, and found the species common in the Lower 

 Santa Clara Valley, Utah, where four nests containing fresh eggs were 

 found, May 11-14. All the nests (one of which contained three eggs) 

 were placed on low branches of cottonwoods, generally within easy 

 reach from the ground. 



Record of specimens collected of Trocliilus alexandri. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sox. 



No. 







$ 





d 



58 



9 



65 



d 



80 



d 





d 



400 



? 



311 



cf 



312 



d 



314 



d 



Locality. 



Santa Clara, Utah 



Beaverdain Creek, Ariz. 



Owens Valley, Calif 



do 



-do. 



Walker Basin, Calif. 

 Bakersfield, Calif.... 

 Owens Valley, Calif. 



do : 



do 



Date. 



May 11, 1891 

 May 9,1891 

 May 16, 1891 

 May 20, 1891 



June 10, 1891 

 July 14.1891 

 July 19, 1891 

 June 7, 1891 

 do, 



June 8,1831 



Collector. 



C. Hart Merriam. . 



V. Bailey 



E. Stephens 



...do 



.do.. 



V.Bailey.-.. 

 A. K. Fisher. 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Bern arks. 



Olancha, set 3 eggs. 

 Ash Creek, 



Olancha, 



Lone Bine. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Calypte costae. Costa's HmnmingMrd. 



Costa's hummingbird is the common species of the desert valleys 

 and mountains of southern California and Nevada. One was seen at 



