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NORTH AMERICAN FAUKA. 



[No. 7. 



Record of specimens collected of Polioptila ccerulea ooscura. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



9 



10 

 11 



50 



70 



164 



214 



d 

 d 



d 



d 

 d 

 9 

 d 



San Bernardino, Calif 



do 



do 



Dasrgett, Calif 



Death Valley, Calif 



Panamint Valley, Calif 



Argus Range, Calif 



Panamint Valley, Calif 

 Mission Santa Ynez, Calif . 

 St. George, .Utah 



Dec. 28,1890 



....do 



Dec. 29,1890 

 Jan. 10,1891 

 Jan. 24,1891 

 Apr. 16,1891 

 May 8,1891 

 Apr. 22,1891 

 Dec. G, 1891 

 May 16. 1891 



A.K. Fisher. 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



E.W.Nelson 

 ....do 



V. Bailey 



Mohave Desert. 

 Furnace Creek. 

 Hot Springs' 

 Maturango Spring. 

 Hot Springs. 



Polioptila plumbea. Plumbeous Gnatcatcher. 



This gnatcatcher was common at Resting Springs, near the Amar- 

 gosa River, California, in February, where a number of specimens were 

 secured. In Yegas Valley, Nevada, Mr. Nelson and Mr. Bailey saw 

 several and secured one, March 13. At Bunkerville, Nev., Mr. Bailey 

 secured an adult male, May 9. The species may have been seen in 

 other places, but was not distinguished from the blue-gray gnatcatcher 

 In March, 1889, Mr. Bailey found it common at Fort Mohave, Ariz. 



Record of specimens collected of Foil op til a plumhea. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



103 



Sex. 



9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 d 



Locality. 



Resting Springs, Calif, 

 do 



do 



Vegas Valley, IMev. 

 Bunkerville, Nov .. 



Date. 



Feb. 8, 1891 

 Feb. 12,1891 



-...do 



Mar. 13,1891 

 May 9,1891 



Collector. 



A.K. Fisher 

 V. Bailey . . . 



do 



....do 



....do 



Remarks. 



Polioptila californica. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher. 



The only place where the Oalifornian gnatcatcher was observed was 

 Reche Canon, near San Bernardino, where Mr. Stephens found it 

 common, September 22-24. 



Myadestes townsendii. Townsend's Solitaire. 



Townsend's solitaire was found nowhere common by the expedition. 

 In Oajon P ass, California, several were observed and two secured, 

 January 2. One was shot at Lone Pine, in Owens Valley, in Decem- 

 ber, 1890, and others were seen at Hot Springs, Panamint Valley, in 

 January. 



In the Panamint Mountains, a few were seen in Johnson and Sur- 

 prise canons, in April. Mr. Nelson found a few among the piiions 

 about the head of Willow Creek, the 1st of May, and the writer saw a 

 family in Death Valley Caiion, June 22. In the Sierra Nevada, Mr. 

 Nelson found it sparingly on the western slope opposite the head of 

 Owens River j Mr. Stephens secured the yormg at Bishop Creek, the 1st 

 of August ; Mr. Bailey saw one among the sequoias and another among 



