134 • NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No. 7. 



Record of specimens collected of Catheiyes mexieanus conspcrsus. 



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Sex. 



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9 





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9 



143 



6 



15G 



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157 



rf 



165 



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Locality. 



Panamint, Calif 



Panamint Mountains, Calif 



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Date. 



Jan. 10,1891 

 Mar. 30,1891 

 Mar. 28, 1891 



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Apr. 13, 1891 



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Apr. 18, 1891 



Collector. 



V. Bailey..-. 



E.W.Nelson 

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A.K. Fisher. 



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Eemarks. 



Johnson Canon. 



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 Surprise Canon. 



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Thr yotliortis bewickii spiluras. Vigors's Wren. 



A specimen taken at San Bernardino, December 29, 1890, although 

 not typical of this race, resembles it more closely than it does any other. 

 The bird which Mr. Bailey saw commonly at Monterey was undoubt- 

 edly this subspecies. Mr. Nelson found a form of Bewick's wren which 

 probably belongs to this race common at San Luis Obispo, the last of 

 October, in the Tejon and Temploa mountains about the same time, 

 and along the route from San Simon to Carpentaria and Santa Paula 

 during November and December. 



Thryothorus bewickii bairdi. Baird's Wren. 



The white-throated wren was more or less common in various places 

 visited by the expedition. One was seen among the tree yuccas at Hes- 

 peria, in the MohaveDesert, January 4. In Death Valley a specimen was 

 secured at Furnace Creek January 31, and a few individuals were seen 

 among the mesquite thickets at Bennett Wells, and between that place 

 and Saratoga Springs, about the same time. A few were seen at Best- 

 ing Springs in the Amargosa Desert, in February. 



In the Panamint Mountains it was seen in Johnson Canon, early in 

 April; by Dr. Merriam in Emigrant Can on, April 14-15; on the north 

 sideof Telescope Peak, April 17-19, and by Mr. Nelson in Surprise Canon, 

 < in January. In the Argus Bange a few were seen in Shepherd Canon 

 in January, and a specimen was secured at Maturango Spring May 

 13. In the Coso Mountains a family in which the young were full 

 grown and able to fly was seen in one of the canons, May 23. Dr. 

 Merriam saw many on the summit of the White Mountains, between 

 Deep Spring and Owens valleys, where young were following their par- 

 ents about among the pihon and juniper, June 9. Mr. Nelson found it 

 common at Lone Pine in December, 1890, and two or three were seen 

 in Walker Pass, July 2-3. The species was common along the South 

 Fork of Kern Biver to Kernville, July 3-13, and Mr. Palmer saw one 

 in Kings Biver Canon in August. Mr. Stephens saw it at the Queen 

 mine in the White Mountains, Nevada, July 11-16. 



In Nevada, several were seen at Ash Meadows, Pahrump and Vegas 

 valleys, and in the Grapevine Mountains, in March. In the Santa Clara 

 Valley, Utah, one was shot and several others seen, May 11-16, and an 

 old nest was found in a hole in a cottonwood, about 3 feet above the 

 ground. 



