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



Record of specimens collected of Spinus psaltria. 



85 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



7 

 188 



d" 

 ? 



cf 

 cf 



San Bernardino, Calif 



Argus Range, Calif 



Dec. 28, 1890 

 April27, 1891 



April 29, 1891 

 May 13,1891 

 July 3, 1891 

 July 4,1891 

 May 23,1891 

 May 11,1891 



A.K. Fisher 



. do 



Shepherd Canon, 

 nest and 4 eggs. 

 Shepherd Canon. 

 Maturango Spring. 



193 



......do 



do 



2!7 



do 



Walker Pass, Calif 



Kern River, Calif 



....do 



3C8 d" 



....do 



371 



cf 



cf 



....do 



C. Hart Merriam . 

 V. Bailey 



South Fork. 





Pahranagat Valley, Nevada . . . 

 Santa Clara, Utah 









Spinus psaltria arizonae Arizona Goldfinch. 



Tliis subspecies was found breeding in great abundance in tlie 

 Lower Santa Clara Valley, Utah, by Dr. Merriam. Five nests with 

 fresh eggs were found, and one with eggs nearly ready to hatch, May 

 11-15. In California Mr. Bailey secured a specimen from a flock 

 at Three Eivers, in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Sep- 

 tember 15. 



Spinus lawrencei. Lawrence's Goldfinch. 



Dr. Merriam reported Lawrence's goldfinch as common in the Canada 

 de las Uvas, June 28-29, and in the Granite Range in western San 

 Diego County, July 1-10. Mr. Palmer saw a male near Old Fort Tejon, 

 June 30, and shot one in the canon July 6. A specimen was secured 

 in Walker Basin July 16, and an individual was seen among the oaks 

 above it, July 14. These are all the records we have for the species. 



Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin. 



At two places only was this species seen by members of the expedi- 

 tion, both in the High Sierra in California, Mr. Nelson saw it at the 

 head of the San Joaquin River, in August, and the writer observed a 

 flock of a dozen or fifteen near timber line above Mineral King, Sep- 

 tember 10. The birds were feeding upon seeds on or near the ground, 

 and when flushed alighted on a pine branch within a few feet of the ob- 

 server. 



Poocsetes gramineus confinis. Western Vesper Sparrow. 



The vesper sparrow was seen in comparatively few places on either 

 side of the Sierra Nevada. At Ash Meadows, Nevada, it was not un- 

 common in migration March 10, and a few were seen by Mr. Bailey at 

 Vegas Ranch, March 10-13. 



Mr. Nelson found a few among the sage brush above the pihons in 

 the Inyo Mountains, in June; not uncommon on the White Mountains, 

 and on the plateau at the head of Owens Valley, in July; and common 

 at the head of Owens River, in the same month. Dr. Merriam found 

 the species at Mountain Meadows, Utah, May 17. A single specimen 

 was seen near Yisalia, Calif., September 17, a few near the lower end 

 of the Canada de las LTvas and San Emigdio Gallon, and on the Oarrizo 

 Plain, in San Joaquin Valley, in October. 



