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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 

 Record of specimens collected of Sprzella brewcri. 



[No/ 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



JSTo. 





130 



d 





d 





9 



46 



d 



203 



d 



213 



d 



81 



9 



105 



d im 



Locality. 



Ask Meadows, Nev 



do. 



Panamint Valley, Calif. 

 Panamint Mts.. Calif. . . 



Argils Range, Calif 



— ..do . 



Owens Lake, Calif 



do 



Date. 



Mar. 17, 1891 

 Mar. 18,1891 

 Apr. 22, 1891 

 Apr. 16, 1891 

 May 6, 1891 

 May 8, 1891 

 June 10, 1891 

 June 15, 1891 



Collector. 



A.K.Fisher 



E.W.Nelson.... 



....do 



F. Stephens 



A.K.Fisher.... 



....do 



F. Stephens 



do 



Remarks. 



Hot Springs. 



Maturaugo Springs. 

 Do. 



Spizella atrigularis. Black-cLirmed Sparrow. 



The black-ckinued sparrow is one of a number of species whose 

 known range was much extended by the observations of the expedi- 

 tion. It was first observed in Johnson Canon in the Panamint Eange, 

 where an adult male was seen among the junipers, April 6. In Sur- 

 prise Canon, of the same range, the species was first seen April 15, 

 when two specimens were secured, and subsequently it became common. 



The song, which was frequently heard, resembles closely that of the 

 Eastern field sparrow (Sjrizella pusilla). At Maturango Spring, in the 

 Argus Range, a male was seen among the sage (Artemisia tridentata) 

 on May 1-2, and a female was secured among the willows near the 

 spring, which had an egg in the oviduct, almost ready for expulsion, 

 May 15. In the Coso Mountains the species was not uncommon, 

 and on May 27 a female with her nest and three eggs was secured. 

 The nest was situated in a small bush about two feet from the ground, 

 on a gradually sloping hillside bearing a scattered growth of pifion. 



On the west -side of Owens Valley Mr. Stephens heard several sing- 

 ing on Independence Creek, near the Kex Monte mill, and secured a speci- 

 men June 20. On the western slope of Walker Pass a specimen was 

 .secured in one of the canons, as it was washing at a pool, July 3, and 

 at Walker Basin an immature bird was shot on the ridge above the 

 valley, July 14. 



Record of Sjyecimen collected of Sxnzclla atrigularis. 



Col- 





lectors 



Sex. 



No. 







d 



160 



d 



161 



? 



241 



? 



259 



? 



260 



d 



360 



9 



392 



d 



109 



d 



Locality. 



Date. 



Panamint Mountains, Calif. 



do 



do 



Ar^us Range, Calif 



Coso Mountains, Calif. 



do 



Walker Pass, Cailf. 



Walker Basin, Calif 



Independence Creek, Calif. . 



Apr. 16, 1891 

 Apr. 15, 1891 



do 



May 15,1891 

 May 27,1891 



....do 



July 3,1891 

 July 14, 1891 

 June 20, 1891 



Collector. 



E. W. Nelson 

 A. K. Fisher . 

 ...do 



....do 



....do 



.--.do 



....do 



....do 



F. Stephens... 



Remarks. 



Surprise Canon. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Maturango Spring 

 Nest and eggs. 



Owens Valley. 



Junco hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. 



A specimen of the common eastern junco was secured by the writer in 

 Johnson Cauon in the Panamint Eange, April 3, and another was seen a 



