120 



NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[tto. 7. 



tipper edge of the pinon belt to the summit of the range, June 24 to July 

 4> and sparingly in the White Mountains a little later. It was common 

 at the head of Owens River, from 2,500 to 2,900 meters (8,200 to 9,500 

 feet) altitude, and also on the west slope in the Yosemite Yalley and 

 on the head of the Merced River. In Owens Yalley it was observed at 

 Lone Pine in December, 1890, and at Little Owens Lake, May 6-11. 



Along the east slope of the Sierra Nevada it was seen at Independ- 

 ence Creek, where it was probably breeding, June 18-21 : at Bishop 

 Creek August 4-10 ; at Menache Meadows May 24-26 ; and at Big Cot- 

 tonwood Meadows during the summer and early fall. 



It was common at Horse Corral Meadows August 10, and along the 

 Kaweah River, where it was breeding, from 2,130 meters (7,000 feet) 

 altitude up to timber line during the first part of August. Mr. Palmer 

 found it rather common on the summit of Frazier Mountain, near Old 

 Fort Tejon, on July 9. Mr. Nelson found it common at San Luis Obispo, 

 Santa Paula, Carpenteria, and in the San Joaquin Yalley in November 

 and December, 1891. 



Record of specimens collected of Dendroica aiuluooni. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





2 



? im. 



96 



d 



2 



rf 



3 



d 



12 



9 



142 



d 



Locality, 



Date. 



San Bernardino, Calif Dec. '28, 1 890 



Death Valley, Calif. ..... ...I Feb. 1,1891 



Sierra Nevada, Calif . . . j Jane 19, 181)1 



-do .- .... L..do , 



-do I July 7,1891 



-do I July 26,1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Eislier ...... 



...do 



B, H. Dutcber 



...do. 



...do 



F. Stephens . 



Remarks. 



Furnace Creek. 

 Big Cottonwood 

 M endows. 



...do 



...do 



Dendroica nigrescens. Black-throated Gray Warbler. 



The black- throated gray warbler was first observed among the pinons 

 above Maturango Spring, in the Argus Eauge, California, where a 

 female was secured May 8, containing a large egg in the oviduct, and 

 on the following clay one was seen carrying nesting material in its beak. 

 Mr. Kelson saw a few in the Pananiint Mountains among the pinons on 

 Willow Creek the last of May, and found them breeding among the 

 same trees in the Grapevine Mountains. Above the < charcoal kilns ' in 

 Wild Eose Canon in the Panamint Mountains, males were heard sing- 

 ing by Mr. Bailey and the writer June 25. This warbler was found 

 breeding in the Inyo and White Mountains and in the Sierra Nevada, 

 at the head of Owens Eiver. Dr. Merriam shot one at Sheep Spring in 

 the Juniper Mountains, Nevada, May 19, and two in the nut pines on 

 Mt. Magruder, June 5. Mr. Bailey saw a few among the pines on the 

 Kaweah Eiver the last of July, and the writer saw one on the Hockett 

 trail near Little Cottonwood Creek, August 23, and secured a specimen 

 at Three Eivers, September 14. 



Mr. Nelson reported a few as seen along the coast from San^Simeon 

 to Carpenteria, Calif., November 4 to December 18. 



