104 



NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[tto. 7. 



Telescope Peak, it was common as high as the upper limit of the sage 

 brush, June 22-25. 



lu the Argus Range, it was common in Shepherd Canon, where num- 

 bers ay ere migrating the last week in April, and at Maturango Spring 

 among the willows and other vegetation at the spring the first two 

 weeks in May. Among the Ooso Mountains it was very common along 

 the streams and on the slopes among the sage and piiions, where the 

 males often were heard singing from their perches on the tops of 

 some dead brush or trees, the latter part of May. Dr. Merriam saw 

 it on the northward continuation of the Kingston Eange, between 

 the Amargosa Desert, California, and Pahrump Valley, Nevada. He 

 found it also in the following localities in Nevada : Tolerably common 

 in the Charleston Mountains, April 30; at the Bend of the Colo- 

 rado, May 4; very abundant on Mount Magruder, where it was breed- 

 ing from the upper part of Tule Canon up to 2,600 meters (8,500 

 feet) or higher, and where'a dozen or more were often seen at onetime, 

 singing from the tops of sage brush and nut pines, and they were heard 

 singing several times at night; a few were seen in the Juniper Moun- 

 tains, May 19; in the Beaverdam Mountains, Utah, he found them 

 tolerably common among the junipers, May 10-11, and in the Santa 

 Clara Valley, Utah, May 11-15, 



Mr. Nelson found the species from among the pinons up to the summit 

 in the Inyo Mountains the latter part of June, and in the White Moun- 

 tains and on the plateau at the head of Owens Valley, in July. Along 

 the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada it was common at the head of 

 Owens River the last of July; at Independence Creek, where a nest 

 containing two eggs just ready to hatch was found at the Rex Monte 

 mill, June 18-23; at Bishop Creek, August 4-10; not common at Ben- 

 ton, July 9-10; and atMenache Meadows where it occurred nearly to 

 timber line, May 21-26. The species was seen at Walker Pass, July 

 2; at Soda Springs or Kern River Lakes, September 3; and was com- 

 mon in the Sequoia National Park, during the first week of August; 

 and in the vicinity of Mineral Kiug, the last of August and 1st of 

 September. Mr. Dutcher saw a few at Big Cottonwood Meadows dur- 

 ing the summer, and Mr. Palmer found it common on Frazier Mountain 

 among the pines, July 9, and in Tejon Pass, July 12. 







Record of sjyecimens collected of Fiji Ho cMoriirm 





Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



386 



a 



? 



cT 

 ? 

 d 



Argus Range, Calif 



Apr. 9 7 1891 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



Shepherd CaSon. 

 Maturango Spring- 

 Independence Creek- 

 Queen mine. 



230 



do 



Coso Mountains, Calif 



Owens Valley, Calif 



White Mountains. Nev 



Mav 12,1891 

 May 27, 1891 

 June 20, 1891 

 July 14, 1891 



258 

 110 

 134 



do 



F. Stephens 



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