132 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Record of specimens collected of Heleodytes orunneicapiUus. 



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Sex. 



No. 





32 



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33 



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380 



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Locality. 



Hespcria, Calif 



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Kern River, Calif 



Date. 



Jan. 4,1891 



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July 0,1891 



Collector. 



A. K. Fisher 



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Remarks. 



South Fork. 



Salpinctes obsoletus. Rook Wren. 



The rock wren was seen wherever there were bare rocks suited to its 

 wants, from the lowest valleys to above timber line on the highest 

 mountains. It was seen at Granite Well in the Mohave Desert, Jan- 

 nary 13; at Lone Willow Spring, January 17; at Mesquite Well, in 

 Death Valley, January 20; and in Furnace Creek Canon, in the Funeral 

 Mountains, February 5. In the Panamint Mountains, it was common 

 in Johnson, Surprise, and Emigrant canons in April, and Mr. Kelson 

 found it common and widely distributed along Cottonwood Canon, 

 where young, following their parents, were seen during the last of May. 

 In the latter part of June several were seen in Death Valley Canon, a 

 few hundred feet above the valley, and thence to the summit of Telescope 

 Peak, where a family of six or eight were seen among the loose rocks. 



In Nevada this wren was not uncommon at Ash Meadows, in Oasis 

 Valley, and in the Grapevine Mountains in March, and in the latter 

 mountains was breeding commonly in May. Mr. Nelson found it 

 sparingly at various places in Pahrump Valley and along the route to 

 the Bend of the Colorado in March. Dr. Merriam found it common in 

 Tule Canon, and thence up to the summit of Mount Magrucler, in 

 rocky places, June 4-9; on Gold Mountain, June 3; in Pahranagat 

 Valley, May 22-26; and in the Pahroc Mountains, near Pahroc Spring, 

 May 21-22. In Utah, he reported it common along the cliffs of the 

 Santa 'Clara Valley, May 11-15; at the Upper Santa Clara Crossing, 

 May 16; and saw two pairs in the junipers in the Beaver dam Moun- 

 tains, May 11 . 



In Shepherd Canon and at Maturango Spring, in the Argus Eange, 

 California, it was common during the first half of May, and in the 

 canons in the Coso Mountains during the latter part of the month. 

 Mr. Nelson found it ranging from the bottoms of the valley to the 

 summit of Inyo and White mountains and to timber line at the head 

 of Owens Eiver. In the former range, at Cerro Gordo, Mr. Palmer 

 found young just out of the nest, May 31. The species was common 

 and well distributed in Owens Valley from the lower end of Owens 

 Lake to the upper part, at the base of the White Mountains. It was 

 common along the western slope of Walker Pass, along Kern Eiver 

 Valley and below Old Fort Tejon, in the Canada de las Uvas. In the 

 High Sierra it was common at Big Cottonwood Meadows during 

 the summer, and one was seen at Bound Valley, 12 miles south of 

 Mount Whitney, above timber line, August 28, and one at Whitney 

 Meadows about the same time. 



