NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Record of specimens collected of Icterus bull odd. 



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Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 







d 



297 



J 



298 



d 



309 



d 



322 



cTad 



323 



rf " 



324 



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87 



2 





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Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



Death Valley, Calif. ., 

 Owens Valley, Calif. 



do 



do 



.do 



April 7, 1891 

 June 5, 1891 

 do 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



Walker Pass, Calif. 



June 7,1891 

 June 9,1891 



....do 



... do 



June 12, 1891 

 July 3,1891 



V. Bailey 



A. K. Eisher. 

 do. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



F. Stephens .. 

 V. Bailey 



Lone Pine. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Owens Lake. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird. 



Brewer's blackbird was not a comiiioii species in many localities vis- 

 ited by the expedition, either in the desert region or among the moun- 

 tains. At San Bernardino a number of flocks were seen, together 

 with redwings, December 29, 1890. A few individuals were found about 

 the ranch at Furnace Creek, in Death Valley, in the latter part of Jan- 

 uary, and at Resting Springs, in the Amargosa Desert, early in Feb- 

 ruary. 



In Nevada a few were seen at Ash Meadows and in Pahrump and 

 Vegas valleys, where they kept about inclosures and out-houses, in 

 March. Dr. Merriam found it in the same valleys April 29-30; at 

 the Bend of the Colorado May 4; at Bunkerville in the Virgin Valley, 

 May 8; in Meadow Creek Valley near Panaca, May 19; and in Pah- 

 ranagat Valley May 22. A few were seen at Hot Springs, in Panamint 

 Valley, April 20-25; in Saline Valley the latter part of June, and on 

 the plateau at the foot of the White Mountains in July. In Owens Val- 

 ley it was common at Olancha June 29; at Alvord June 26-28; at Mor- 

 ans July 4-7; at Benton July 9-10; rather common at Bishop Creek 

 August 4-10; and a few were seen at Little Owens Lake May 6-11; at 

 Haway Meadows May 12-14; and at Ash Creek May 30 to June 3. 



In the High Sierra it was common at Menache Meadows May 24-26; at 

 the head of Owens River the latter part of July; at Whitney Meadows, 

 where Mr. Nelson saw a flock of twenty or more sitting on the backs 

 of sheep, August 30. A dozen or fifteen were seen at Trout Meadows 

 September 7, and it was found breeding at Big Cottonwood Meadows 

 during the summer. It was common in Walker Pass July 2; along 

 the valley of the Kern July 3-13; at Walker Basin, where it was 

 feeding on grasshoppers, July 13-16; and at Bakersfield, in the San 

 Joaquin Valley, July 17-20. Dr. Merriam saw many catching grass- 

 hoppers in Antelope Valley, at the west end of the Mohave* Desert, 

 June 27; found the species common in the Canada de las Uvas June 

 27-28; and saw a few in the San Marcos Valley, San Die^o County, 

 July 1-10. ' * ' 



Mr. Bailey found it common at Monterey September 28 to October 9; 

 and Mr. Nelson saw flocks in San Joaquin Valley, and found it gen- 



