May, 1893.] BIRDS OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 



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March. In the Panamint Mountains, California, it was seen in John- 

 son and Surprise canons among the pihons and junipers in April, and 

 Br. Merriam found it common north of Telescope Peak, where a female 

 containing eggs nearly ready to be deposited, was killed, April 17-1<)' 

 The writer saw a few at the same place June 22. Mr. Nelson noted it 

 sparingly among the pinons on the Panamint, Grapevine, Inyo and 

 White mountains during the breeding season. Along the eastern slope 

 of the Sierra Nevada a few were seen at the head of Owens Eiver and 

 at Benton, in July. 



Becorl of specimens collected of Par us inornatus griseus. 



Col- 





lector's 



Sex. 



No. 





47 



? 



145 



cf 



146 



9 



1GS 



9 





d 



Locality. 



Panamint Mountains, Calif 



do 



do 



do - 



Charleston Mountains, JSTev 



Date. 



Apr. 18,1891 

 liar. 28,1891 



....do 



Apr. 19, 1891 

 Mar. 7, 1891 



Collector. 



P.Stephens 



A.K. Fisher 



...do 



...do 



V." Bailey 



Remarks* 



Johnson Canon. 



Uo. 

 Surprise Canon. 



Parus gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. 



The mountain chickadee was seen on all the mountains which sup- 

 port a growth of pines. In Nevada Mr. Palmer reported it common 

 about the camp in the Charleston Mountains in February, aud Mr. 

 Stephens found a few in the Grapevine Mountains in March. Dr. Mer- 

 riam found it breeding on Mount Magruder, high up among the nut 

 pines, June 5-11, and Mr. Stephens saw several at the Queen mine 

 in the White Mountains, July 11-16. 



In the Panamint Mountains, California, it was tolerably common in 

 Johnson and Surprise canons in April. Dr. Merriam found it com- 

 mon near Telescope Peak about the middle of the month, though Mr. 

 Kelson reported it as apparently rare among the pinons in the northern 

 end of the range as well as in the Grapevine Mountains in June. At 

 the i charcoal kilns' near the head of Wild Pose Gallon, the writer 

 noted it as quite common and found a nest with young June 21. 



It was not uncommon in the Argus Eange, where a nest containing 

 eight fresh eggs was found in a pinon on the ridge above Maturango 

 Spring, May 14. The nest, which was composed of fine grass and hair, 

 was placed in an eroded cavity behind the end of one of the lower limbs 

 which had been partially torn and twisted from the trunk by heavy 

 snow or violen t wind. It was perfectly concealed and would never h ave 

 been discovered had the bird remained quiet Avhen the writer accident- 

 ally struck the drooping branch. Mr. Nelson reported it as breeding 

 sparingly from the lower edge of the pihons up to the summit in the. 

 Inyo Mountains and to timber line in the White Mountains. This 

 chickadee was common at the head of Owens Eiver, and Mr. Stephens 

 noted it as rather common at Independence Creek, June 18-23; at Men- 

 ache Meadows, May 21-26 ; several at Bishop Creek, August 4-10. Mr. 



