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HORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[No. 7. 



up to timber line at Menaelie Meadows, ( Jalif., May 24-26, and a few at 

 Bishop Creek August 4-10. Mr. Palmer reported it common among 

 the pines at the summit of Frazier Mountain July 9; near the summit 

 of Tejon Pass July 12; and Mr. Dutcher saw it frequently at Big Cot- 

 tonwood Meadows during the summer. The pygmy nuthatch was not 

 uncommon among the pines on the ridge above Walker Basin July 14, 

 among the sequoias on the Kaweah Biver the first of August, at the 

 Sequoia National Park about the same date, and at Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows and Round Valley the last of the month. 



Record of specimens collected of Sitta pygmcea. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



10 

 32 





Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



July 1,1891 



Aug. 11, 1891 

 Aug. 24, 1801 

 Aug. 9,1891 

 July 14,1891 

 Aug. 27, 1891 



do 



B. H. Dutcher 



.. do 



Big Cottonwood 

 Meadows. 

 Do 



35 



do 



do 



Do 



152 

 391 

 425 



42G 



? 



$ ini. 



d 



3 



Walker Basin, Calif 



Sierra Nevada, Calif 



do 



F. Stephens 



A. K. Fisher 



....do 



do 



Bishop Creek. 



Round Valley, 12 

 miles south of 

 Mount Whitney. 

 Do. 











Parus inornatus. Plain Titmouse. 



The plain titmouse was first met with in the Sierra Nevada in Cal- 

 ifornia. It was not uncommon on the western slope of Walker Pass, where 

 a specimen was taken July 3, and the birds seen elsewhere in the Sierra 

 Nevada may probably be correctly referred to this species. It was com- 

 mon along the valley of the Kern July 3-13; in Walker Basin, July 

 13-16; and at Three Rivers in the western foothills of the Sierra, July 

 25-30, and September 13-15. Dr. Merriam saw the species in the Tejon 

 Mountains, where it was common in the Canada de las Uvas, June 28-29, 

 and Mr. Nelson saw it at Mount Pihos the last of October, in the hills 

 along the route from La Panza to San Luis Obispo, and sparingly from 

 the sea to the summit of the hills between San Simeon andCarpenteria, 

 in November and December. 



A specimen taken by the writer in Cajon Pass January 2, although 

 not typical inornatus, was nearer it than grisem. 



Record of specimens collected of Parus inornatus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 ^ T o. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



25 

 367 



?im. 



Cajon Pass, Calif 



Walker Pass, Calif 



Jan. 2, 1892 

 July 3, 1891 



A. K. Fisher 



clo 



ISTot typical. 

 Western slope. 









Parus inornatus griseus. Gray Titmouse. 



The gray titmouse was seen in most of the desert ranges. In the 

 Charleston Mountains, Nevada, it was common among the junipers in 



