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tains, where it appeared to be equally at home on the open slopes of 

 the valleys, among the mesquite and larrea bushes, or in the mountains, 

 in the midst of a tolerably abundant growth of pinons. He found it 

 breeding as high as the upper border of the pinons in the Inyo Moun- 

 tains the last of June. 



In Nevada Dr. Merriam saw it in the tree yuccas on the east side of 

 Pahrump Valley, April 29; at the Bend of the Colorado, May 4; near 

 Bunkerville, in the Valley of the Virgin, May 8; on the west slope of 

 the Juniper Mountains, May 19 ; in P ahr a iiagat Valley, May 23 ; on the 

 Timpahute Mountains, May 26; found it common among the yuccas in 

 Indian Spring Valley, May 28; on the south side of Gold Mountain, 

 June 3; and tolerably common and evidently breeding among the nut 

 pines on Mount Magruder, June 4-8. In Utah he found it breeding 

 commonly in the Santa Clara Valley, May 11-15, and among the tree 

 yuccas on the west side of the Beaverdam Mountains, May 10. In 

 northwestern Arizona he saw several at the mouth of Beaverdam 

 Creek the same day. On the summit connecting the White and Inyo 

 mountains, in California, several were seen on June 9. 



At Furnace Creek, Death Valley, a pair of these birds was seen just 

 above the ranch at the mouth of the canon, June 21, and the species 

 was not uncommon in the Panamint Mountains up to an altitude of 

 more than 2,450 meters (8,000 feet). In Owens Valley it was not un- 

 common at Lone Pine, June 4-15; at Olancha, May 16-23; at Ash Creek, 

 May 30-June 3; and at Benton, July 9-10. 



It was seen among the tree yuccas in Walker Pass, June 22 and July 

 2-3; was common in the valley of the Kern, July 3-13; abundant in 

 Walker Basin, June 24 and July 13-16; in Tehachapi Pass, June 25; 

 and in the Canada de las Uvas, June 28. A few were seen among the 

 live oaks in the Granite Eange in the western part of San Diego 

 County, July 1-10. It was common at Bakersfield, July 17-20, and at 

 Three Bivers, July 25-30. 



Record of specimens collected of Hyiarclius cinerasccns. 



Col- 

 lector's Sex. 

 No. 



181 

 305 

 101 



d 

 2 



Locality. 



Panamint Valley, Calif. 



do 



Owens Valley, Calif 



do 



Date. 



Apr. 22, 1891 

 Apr. 23, 1891 

 June 6,1891 

 June 13, 1891 



Collector. 



C Hart Merriam . . 



A.K. Fisher 



....do 



F. Stephens 



Remarks, 



Hot Springs. 



Do. 

 Lone Pine. 

 Olancha. 



Sayornis saya. Say's Phoebe. 



Say's phcebe is a common species throughout the desert regions, and 

 was also found west of the Sierra Nevada. It was common in the vicin- 

 ity of Owens Lake in December, 1890; was seen near Daggett, in the 

 Mohave Desert, January 10, 1891, and at Lone Willow Spring, January 

 15. In Death Valley, it was observed at Bennett Wells and Furnace 

 Creek the latter part of January; again, April 9-12 and June 19-22. 



