96 



NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



Valley (May 22-20), in Indian Spring Valley, where a nest containing 

 three eggs was found in a bnsh of Atriplex eanescens May 28, and at 

 the extreme west end of this valley, where it slopes down toward the 

 Amargosa Desert, young jnst able to fly were secured May 29. It was 

 tolerably common on the Amargosa Desert, but rare in Oasis Valley 

 (one seen June 1). On Sarcobatus Flat, at the mouth of Grapevine 

 Canon, a few were seen June 2, and a few were seen on both sides of 

 Gold Mountain (where young nearly full-grown were secured June 3). 

 It was common in Tule Oahon, at the extreme north eiid of the north- 

 west arm of Death Valley, June 4, though it does not reach the sage 

 plain of the Mount Magruder plateau. It reappears, however, a short 

 distance below Pigeon Spring on the northwestern slope of Mount Ma- 

 gruder, and ranges thence across Fish Lake Valley (June 8). In south- 

 western Utah it was found on both slopes of the Beaverdam Moun- 

 tains, ranging up into the junipers slightly above the upper limit of 

 the lower division of the Lower Sonoran zone. In the Lower Santa 

 Clara Valley, Utah, it is abundant, breeding in the greasewood bushes 

 (Atriplex) and in the branching cactuses (Opuntia echinocarpa), where 

 several nests were found containing two or three fresh eggs each (May 

 11-15)." 



Mr. Nelson found it breeding from the middle of the sage brush belt 

 on the slopes of the Panamint, Grapevine, Inyo, and White mountains, 

 down into Panamint, Mesquite, Saline, and Owens valleys. Mr. 

 Stephens found it common near the lower end of the Argus Eange, at 

 Borax Flat, April 28-30 $ and in Owens Valley, at Little Owens Lake, 

 May 6-11; at Haway Meadows, May 12-14; at Olaucha, May 10-23; at 

 Morans, July 4-7, and at Benton July 9-10. 



Record of specimens collected of Amphispiza bilineata. 



Col- 

 lectors' 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Pemark. 



162 

 171 



? 



? 



d 



? 



cf iui. 



2 juv. 



9 j uv. 



,iuv. 



Panamint Mountains, Oalif 



do 



Apr. 15, 1891 

 Apr. 20, 1891 

 Apr. 27, 1891 

 June 11, 1891 

 May 11, 1891 

 June 9,1891 

 July 6,1891 

 May 29,1891 

 June 3,1891 

 June 4,1891 



A. K. Fisher 



do 



Surprise Caiion. 



189 



Argus Eange, Calif 



. do 





332 



Owens Valley, Calif 



-...do 



T.S. Palmer 



do 







Coso Valley, Calif 







Owens Valley, Calif 





127 



do 



Amaraosa Dpsert, ISTev 



F. Stephens 



Morans. 





Gold Mountain, Nov 



C. Hart Merriam. . 

 .. do 







Mo unt Magruder, Nev 













Amphispiza belli. Bell's Sparrow. 



Mr. Kelson found Bell's sparrow abundant in the bushes of the arid 

 district bordering the southern and western sides of Buena Vista Lake, 

 in San Joaquin Valley, during October. 



Amphispiza belli nevadensis. Sage Sparrow. 



The sage sparrow is one of the few birds characteristic of the sage 

 plains of the Upper Sonoran and Transition zones, but does not breed 



