May, 1893.] 



BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



79 



erally distributed along the route from San Simeon to Carpentaria, in 

 November and December. 



Record of specimens collected of Scolecopliagus cyanoceplialus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



77 

 82 



Sex. 



^Locality. 



Death Valley, Calif 



Date. 



Jan. 25, 1891 

 Jan. 27,1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



Remarks. 



Furnace Creek. 

 Do. 



Coecothraustes vespertinus montaiius. Western Evening Grosbeak. 



The evening grosbeak was seen but once by the expedition. Mr. 

 Bailey saw a small flock at Auburn, Calif., and secured two specimens 

 October 22. 



Record of specimens collected of Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Auburn. Placer Co., Calif . . 



do 



Date. 



Oct. 22,1891 

 ....do....... 



Collector. 



V.Bailey 



do 



Remarks. 



Pinicola enucleator. Pine Grosbeak. 



Mr. Kelson saw a line adult male pine grosbeak in brilliant plumage 

 on the head of the San Joaquin River July 30. This individual was 

 the only one seen during the year. 



Carpodacus purpureus calif or nicus. California Purple Finch. 



Not obtained by any member of the expedition. Mr. Henshaw secured 

 a single specimen near Mount Whitney, Calif., October 10, 1875. 



Carpodacus cassini. Cassin's Purple Finch. 



Cassin's purple finch was seen only in the higher parts of the White 

 and Inyo mountains, and in the Sierra Nevada. Mr. Nelson saw two 

 pairs in the Pinus flexilis belt on Waucoba Peak, in the Inyo Mountains, 

 during the latter part of June, and secured two specimens at about 2,650 

 meters (8,700 feet) altitude in the White Mountains July 7. The same 

 observer found it very abundant on the eastern slope, from 2,500 to 

 2,900 meters (8,200 to 9,500 feet) at the head of Owens River, and also 

 at the bead of the San Joaquin River, on the western slope. 



It was also observed or secured at the following places in the High 

 Sierra: at Horse Corral Meadows, August 11 ; at Cottonwood Meadows 

 during the summer and as late as September 1; at Round Valley, 

 which is 12 miles south of Mount Whitney, August 26-28 j at Menache 

 Meadows May 24-26 5 at Whitney Meadows the latter part of August, 

 and near Mineral King during the latter part of August and early 

 September, 



