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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[tfo.?. 



later it was common among the willow patches at Maturango Spring 

 and among the tree yuccas at the western base of the range. In the 

 Coso Mountains several were seen in the canons during the latter part 

 of May. Mr. Nelson found it a common breeding bird both in the 

 Panamint and Grapevine mountains, and the writer saw a hue male in 

 full song at the l charcoal kilns ? in Wild Rose Canon, north of Tele- 

 scope Peak, June 23. In Owens Valley Mr. Stephens found it rather 

 common at Olancha, May 16-23 $ not common at Ash Greek, May 39 to 

 June 3, and saw one male at Independence Creek, June 18-23. Mr. 

 Nelson found it sparingly among the willows in the Inyo Mountains, 

 June 24 to July 5, and along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada in 

 August. Mr. Bailey reported this grosbeak as common among the 

 pines along the East Fork of the Kaweah River, July 25 to August 10. 

 It was observed on the western slope of Walker Pass, June 21- was 

 common in Kern Valley, June 22-23 and July 3-10 5 on the ridge above 

 Walker Basin, July 11 • in the Sierra Liebre, June 30 $ and in Canada 

 de las Uvas, June 28-29. 



In Nevada Dr. Merriam found a pair breeding in a thicket near Log 

 Spring on Mount Magruder, June 8; saw it in Oasis Valley, June 1; 

 in the valley of the Virgin near Buukerville, May 8; and found it 

 common in Pahranagat Valley, where it was singing in the tall cot- 

 tonwoods, May 22-20. In Utah he found it breeding plentifully along 

 the Lower Santa Clara River, May 11-15. 



Record of specimens collected of Haoia melanocephala. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 Ho. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Eeruarka. 



i&t 



t? 

 ? 



Argus Range, Calif 



Apr. 26,1891 

 May 14, 1891 

 May 15.1891 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



T.S. Palmer 



Shepherd Canon. 

 Maturango Spring. 

 Do. 



240 



do 





do 







Guiraca caerulea eurhyncha. Western Blue Grosbeak. 



The blue grosbeak is tolerably common in many of the valleys of Cali- 

 fornia and Nevada. In Nevada, Dr. Merriam found it breeding com- 

 monly in Pahranagat Valley, May 22-28, and along the Lower Muddy 

 and Virgin rivers, May 7 and 8. He saw several wh ere B ea verdant Creek 

 joins the Virgin River in northwestern Arizona, May 9-10, and found 

 the species common in the Lower Santa Clara Valley, Utah, May 11-15. 

 Several were seen in the Canada de las Uvas, California, June 28-29. 

 At Lone Pine, in Owens Valley, it was quite common among the fruit 

 orchards and thick growth along streams, where two young just out of 

 the nest were secured, June 14. Mr. Stephens found it more or less 

 common in the same valley, at Olancha, May 16-23; Ash Creek, May 

 30 to June 3 ; Alvord, June 26-28 ; and at Morans, July 4-7. Mr. Bailey 

 secured an adult male at Furnace Creek ranch, Death Valley, June 19, 



