102 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No. 7. 



Record of specimens collected of Passerella iliaca megarliynclm. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



64 



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407 

 411 



$ im. 

 <j"im. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Sierra Nevada, Calif. . j May 27, 1831 



June 20, 1891 

 Julv 30, 1891 

 Aug. 6.1891 

 Aug. 11, 1831 



Collector. 



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F. Stephens. 



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V. Bailey. ... 



A. X. Fisher. 

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item arks. 



Summit Meadow, near Olan- 



clra Peak. 

 Independence Creek. 

 East Fork of Kaweah Hirer. 

 Sequoia National Park. 

 Horse Corral Meadows. 



Passerella iliaca schistacea. Slate-colored Sparrow. 



The slate-colored sparrow was not uncommon, according, to Mr. Eel- 

 son, about the heads of streams on the eastern slope of the White 

 Mountains, where a specimen was taken, July 14. A few were seen 

 in Johnson and Surprise canons, in the Panamint Mountains, where a 

 specimen was taken in the former canon, March 28. This sparrow was 

 not detected elsewhere by members of the expedition. 



Record of specimens collected of Passerella iliaca schistacea. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



* 



Remarks. 







Panamint Mountains, Calif 



White Mountains, Calif 



Mar. 28, 1891 

 July 14,1891 



E.W, Nelson 



do 



Johnson Canon. 









Pipilo maculatus megalonyx. Spurred Towhee. 



The spurred townee is common over much of the Great Basin, and 

 also in California west of the Sierra Nevada. Mr. Nelson reported 

 it as common among the junipers on the Charleston Mountains in 

 the early part of March. A pair was seen in one of the canons in the 

 Coso Mountains, May 23, and subsequently Mr. Palmer saw others in 

 the brush along the streams. Mr. Nelson found a few at Lone Pine 

 in Owens Valley, in December, 1890, and the writer saw a few in 

 the brush along the river at the same place, Jinie 11. Dr. Merriam 

 found it common in the northern part of the valley on the latter date. 

 Mr. Stephens reported it as common in the lower part of the cation at 

 Independence Creek, where young were seen June 18-23 5 as not com- 

 mon among the pihons at Benton, July 9-10; he also saw three at Bishop 

 Creek, August 4-10. In the Panamint Mountains, Mr. Nelson saw it 

 in Surprise Canon in December, 1890, and found it sparingly in the 

 vicinity of water, Avhere thickets of willows and rose bushes afforded 

 it shelter, in both this range and the Grapevine Mountains during the 

 latter rjart of May and the first of June. The same observer found a 

 few in the Inyo Mountains among the piiions at Hunter's arastra, and 

 again in willows bordering the creek near Waucoba Peak, the latter 

 part of June; found it rather common on the west slope of the Sierra, 

 mainly along streams; and found a few in the upper parts of the 

 streams in the White Mountains. 



