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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



Eiver, July 3-13; in Walker Basin, July 13-16, and along the route to 

 Bakersfield, July 16-20. Dr. Merriam and Mr. Palmer found it abundant 

 at Old Fort Tejon, where it was breeding in the oaks and crevices of 

 the adobe buildings; it was very common about the summit of Frazier 

 Mountain, July 9, and at the summit of Tejon Pass, July 12. In the High 

 Sierra it was common about the openings at Horse Corral Meadows, Au- 

 gust 9-13; in Kings Eiver Canon, August 13-16 ; Big Cottonwood Mead- 

 ows, August 25-26; at Soda Springs or Kern Eiver Lakes, September 3, 

 and above timber line at Mineral King, and along the route from that 

 place to Three Elvers in the western foothills, September 10-13. Mr. 

 Bailey found the species numerous at Monterey, September 28 to Octo- 

 ber 9, and Mr. Stephens saw several at Eeche Canon, September 22-21. 



Record of specimens collected of Tacliycineta tlxalassina. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



269 

 272 

 293 

 286 

 287 

 354 



Sex. 



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Locality. 



Coso, Cos'o Mountains, Calif 



Keeler Inyo County, Calif 



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Panamint Mountains, Calif 



Date. 



May 28, 1891 

 June 1 , 1891 

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June 2,1891 

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June 23, 1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher 



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Remarks. 



Telescope Teak. 



Clivicola riparia. Bank swallow. 



Bank swallows were seen in two places only by members of the 

 expedition. Mr. Nelson saw a few in company with rough-winged 

 swallows at the Bend of the Colorado, in Nevada, about March 10. 

 Mr. Stephens found it common at Alvord, in Owens Valley, where they 

 were breeding in the banks along the sloughs, June 26-28. 



Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Bough.- winged Swallow. 



The rough- winged swallow was tolerably common in a number of the 

 desert valleys, where it was a summer resident. It was first seen at 

 Ash Meadows, Nevada, March 10, and in Vegas Wash, near the Bend 

 of the Colorado Eiver, March 10-13. A specimen was secured at Hot 

 Springs, in Panamint Valley, April 22, and Mr. Nelson observed a few 

 migrants along Willow Creek, in thePanamint Mountains, thelastof May. 

 Dr. Merriam saw this swallow at Saratoga Springs in. Death Valley, 

 April 26 ; at the Bend of the Colorado Eiver, May 4 ; in the Valley of the 

 Virgin near Bnnkerville, Nevada, May 8; and in Pahranagat Valley 

 Nevada, where it was tolerably common and doubtless breeding, May 

 22-26. He found it common where Beaverdam Creek joins the Virgin 

 in northwestern Arizona, May 9-10, and the commonest swallow in the 

 Santa Clara Valley Utah, May 11-15. In Owens Valley a pair was 

 seen about a pond at Lone Pine, June 8, and others were observed at 

 Big Pine June 10. At Furnace Creek, Death Valley, several were se- 

 cured about the reservoir June 19-21, and a number were seen in Kern 

 Eiver Valley June 22-23. 



