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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



mint Mountains nor in Saline Valley, but noted it on the eastern slope 

 of the Panamint Mountains, in Cottonwood Greek, and thence down to 

 Mesquite Valley, and also in the Grapevine Mountains, May 4 to June 

 15. Mr. Nelson reported the sage sparrow as very common along the 

 route from Lone Pine to Keeler, and through the Ooso and Panamint 

 valleys to Lone Willow Spring, and thence to Death Valley, during 

 December 1890, and January 1891. 



The specimens collected along the east slope of the Sierra Nevada 

 in Owens Valley are almost intermediate, both in size and color, be- 

 tween Ampliispiza belli and Amphisjpiza belli nevadensis. 



Record of specimens collected of Am/pfvispiza oelli nevadensis. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





85 



d 



36 



d 



42 



9 



43 



d 



4G 



? 



47 







d 



3 



d 



4 



d 



5 



d 



10 



d 



n 



? 



58 



d 



63 



9 



66 





80 







112 



J 1 ad. 



27 



* 





d 



331 



d ad. 



52 



d 



84 



d 



96 



d 



97 



■9 



98 



9 



99 



9 





im. 



1 



Locality. 



Hesperia, Calif 



do 



Victor, Calif 



Stoddard Wells, Calif 



Daggett, Calif 



'do 



Date. 



.do. 

 .do. 



Jan. 4, 

 ....do.. 

 Jan. 6, 

 Jan. 7, 

 Jan. 9, 



'....do.. 



! Feb. 6, 

 .do.. 



1891 



Collector. 



A. 



1891 i 

 1891 ! 

 1891 



1\. Fisher . . 



.do 



-do 



.do 



.do 



.(,0 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



I Feb. 

 ....do 



I Feb. 

 .do 



Granite Wells, Calif I Jan. 13 



Lone Willow Spring', Calif. . . 

 Death Valley, Call t 



Resting Springs, Calif 



12-mile Spring Calif 



Mountain Meadows. Utah. 



Owens Valley, Calif 



Salt Wells Valley. Calif... 



Owens Valley, Calif 



do 



.do. 

 .do. 



do : 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



Jan. 16 

 Jan. 21 

 Jan. 27. 

 Feb. 17. 

 Feb. 21 



1891 j F. Stephens. 



! do 



7,1891 ' do 



I. ...do 



8,1891 I. ...do 



'....do 



1891 ! A.K.Fisher. 



1S91 L...do 



1891 '....do 



1891 '....do 



1891 L... do 



1891 F.Stephens.. 



May 17,1891 

 June 11, 1801 

 May 1,1891 

 June 10,1891 

 June 13, 189] 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Aug. 20, 1891 



.Eafoy .... 

 .. K. fisher . 

 . Stephens. . 



-do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



. Bailey 



Remarks. 



Mohave Desert. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Furnace Ci eek. 

 Do. 



North of Rest in- 

 Springs. 



Lone Fine. 



Olancha. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Whitney Meadows. 



Peucaea cassini. Cassin's Sparrow. 



The only specimen of this species noted during the entire expedition 

 was shot by Dr. Merriam in Timpahute Valley, Nevada, May 2G. It 

 was an old male in worn breeding plumage, and attracted his attention 

 by flying up from the desert brush and singing in the air. 

 Feucsea ruficeps. Kuf ous- crowned Sparrow. 



An immature specimen of this sparrow was secured on a rocky hill- 

 side on the South Fork of Kern River, California, July 8. Mr. Palmer 

 saw one on the west fork of Castac Canon June 30, and Mr. Stephens 

 saw several migrants in Roche Canon, near San Bernardino, Calif., 

 September 22-24. These are all the records we have of the specis. 



Melospiza fasciata fallax. Desert Song Sparrow. 



The writer did not meet with this race, and quotes the following from 

 Br. Merriain's notes : 



"The desert song sparrow was not found anywhere in California, but 



