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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



pair at Kernville, in Kern Eiver Valley, June 23. It was not uncom- 

 mon among the bills above Walker Basin, July 14, and Mr. Nelson 

 noted a few at the head of Owens Eiver the latter part of the month. 

 Mr. Palmer fonnd it common at Old FortTejon, where a nest containing 

 fonr eggs, just ready to hatch, was discovered in a willow 10 or 12 feet 

 from the ground, July 4. 



Record of specimens collected of Vireo gilvus swainsoni. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





252 



<f 



253 



d 



Locality. 



Date. 



Coso, Coso Mountains, Calif... 1 May 24,1891 

 do do 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



Remarks 



Vireo solitarius cassinii. Cassin's Vireo. 



Cassin's vireo was observed in a number of places in the Sierra Nevada 

 and sparingly in some of the other ranges. Dr. Merriam took a speci- 

 men in worn breeding-plumage, June 28, at Old Fort Tejon, intheCafi- 

 ada de las Uvas, California, the type locality of the species. At Matu- 

 rango Spring, in the Argus Eange, a specimen was taken among the 

 pinons, May 8. Mr. Nelson found it common at the head of Owens Eiver 

 and Dr. Merriam shot one among the junipers at Sheep Spring in the 

 Juniper Mountains, Nevada, May 19. It was observed among the pines 

 above Walker Basin, July 14; was common in the Sequoia National 

 Park during the first week in August ; was seen at Horse Corral Mead- 

 ows, August 11 5 common at Kings Eiver Canon, August 13-16 ; and 

 one was secured at Big Cottonwood Meadows, September 5. 



Bccord of specimens collected of Vireo solitarius cassinii. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



210 



393 

 157 



d 

 ? 



? 



9 im. 



Juniper Mountains. ISTev . . . 



Argus Range, Calif 



Old Port Tejon, Calif 



Walker Basin, Calif 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



May 10. 1891 

 May 8,1891 

 June 28, 1891 

 July 14.1891 

 Aug. 22, 1891 



C. Hart Merriam.. 



A. X. Fisher 



T. S. Palmer 



A.TC. Fisher 



P. Stephens 



Maturango Spring. 

 Olancha Peak. 



Vireo solitarus plumbeus. Plumbeous Vireo. 



The only specimen of this vireo taken on the expedition was a male 

 secured by Dr. Merriam at Sheep Spring in the Juniper Mountains, 

 Nevada, May 19, 1891. It was in full song and was shot in the same tree 

 in which a Cassin's vireo was killed a few minutes before. 



Vireo bellii pusillus. Least Vireo. 



The least vireo is a tolerably common summer resident in Owens 

 Valley, where at Lone Pine adult and young were secured in June; it 

 was seen by Mr. Stephens at Olancha, May 16-23, and at Bishop Creek, 

 August 1-10. ' A specimen was secured at Furnace Creek, Death Valley, 



