May, 1893.] BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



83 



Big Cottonwood Meadows, during- the summer. * Mr. Bailey found it 

 common all along timber line and down among the Pinus balfourwma at 

 Whitney Meadows. The writer did not see the species until August 18, 

 when a flock of forty or more was seen on the west side of the Kear- 

 sarge Pass. Later in the day, during a snow storm, a flock was seen 

 just below timber line on the east side of the Pass, and five specimens 

 secured. The bad weather seemed to make them restless and hard to 

 approach. At Bound Valley, 12 miles south of Mount Whitney, the 

 species was again seen just above timber line, August 28, and on the 

 ridge north of Mineral King large flocks were seen September 8-11. 



Record of specimens collected of Leucosticte teplirocotis. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 So. 



417 



418 

 419 

 112 



113 

 114 

 115 



10 



25 

 429 

 161 



Sex. 



d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 

 d 



? 

 5 

 9 



d 



9 im 

 9 im 



d 



Locality. 



5 

 5 

 d 



d 



9 im 



d im 



9 im 



d 



White Mountains, Calif . . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



, do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



.do 



Date. 



July 15, 18D1 

 do 



Sierra Nevada, Calif . 

 do 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 -do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do . 

 .do. 

 .do . 

 .do 

 .do 



July 25, 1891 

 Aug. 18, 1891 



....do 



....do 



June 22, 1891 



....do 



....do 



....do 



July 30, 1891 



Aug. 2,1891 

 Aug. 20, 1891 

 Aug. 28, 1891 



Aug. 23, 1891 



Aug. 7,1891 



Collector. 



E. W. Nelson 

 ...do 



do 



do 



...do 



--.do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



E. W.Nelson. 



A. K. Fisher.. 



...do 



...do 



F. Stephens 



...do 



...do 



...do 



B. H. Dnteher . 



...do 



V. Bailey 



A. K. Fisher . 



F. Stephens . . 



V. Bailey 



Be marks. 



Summit of Mammoth 



Pass, Cal. 

 Kearsarge Pass, 

 11,000 feet altitude. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Independence Creek, 

 10,000 feet. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Big Cottonwood Mead- 

 ows. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Bound Valley, above 



timber line. 

 Olancha Peak, 12,000 



feet altitude. 

 Mineral King, 9,700 

 feet altitude. 



Leucosticte atrata. Black Leucosticte. 



Mr. Bailey secured one specimen of this species at St. George, 

 Utah, January 21, 1889. It was feeding alone on a rocky hill, among 

 low brush. 



Spinus tristis. Goldfinch. 



A common species throughout southern California, though not re- 

 corded by any member of the expedition. 



