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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



and Mr. Bailey secured a specimen at Kernville, where the subspecies 

 was common, July 13. The birds seen by Mr. Kelson in the San 

 Joaquin Valley and in the vicinity of the Canada de las Uvas proba- 

 bly should be referred to this race. He found it excessively abun- 

 dant on the San Joaquin Plain, where it is locally known as the l wheat 

 bird' in the grain districts, owing to its habit of following the farmer 

 and eating the newly-sown wheat ac seeding time. 



Record of specimens collected of Otocoris alpestris chrysoUema. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sox. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



44 



d 



d 

 d 

 d 

 d 



Panamint Mountains, Calif 



Kernville, Calif 



Owens Valley, Calif 



.do 



Apr. 15, 1891 

 July 13, 1891 

 Dec. 28, 1890 

 do 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do . 



.do . 

 .do . 

 .do. 

 .do . 



F. Stephens.. 



V. Bailey 



E. W. Nelson. 



do. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



5,2C0 feet altitude. 



Kepler. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Pica pica hudsonica. Black-billed Magpie. 



Mr. Bailey saw three individuals of this species 10 miles east of 

 Toquervilie, Utah, December, 31, 1888. The black-billed magpie was 

 not seen by the expedition, but is known to be a common resident in 

 the neighborhood of Carson, in western Nevada. 

 Pica nuttalli. Yellow-billed Magpie. 



The Yellow-billed magpie is common in a number of places west 

 of the Sierra Nevada, in California. At Visalia, several were seen 

 among the oaks, July 23, as well as along the route from that place to 

 Three Elvers, July 25. Near Cottage post-office, in Tulare Comity, 

 about half-way between these two places, the species was common Sep- 

 tember 17. 



Mr. Nelson found ife- common in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, in 

 August; and also among the oaks from La Panza to San Luis Obispo, 

 October 28 and November 3 ; and from the latter place to the Santa 

 Ynez Eiver, beyond which places it was not noted. 

 Cyanocitta stelleri. Steller's Jay. 



Steller's jay was met with along the coast of California, in two lo- 

 calities only. Mr. Bailey found it common in the thick woods in the 

 vicinity of Monterey, where he secured a pair, October 1; and Mr. Nel- 

 son observed a few in the mountains near San Simeon in November. 



Record of specimens collected of Cyanocitta stelleri. 



Col- 

 lector's 



No. 



Sex. 



d 



2 



Locality. 



Monterey, Calif. 

 do 



Date. 



Oct. 1, 1891 

 ....do 



Collector. 



V. Bailey. 

 ...do .... 



Kemaiko 



