The Death Valley Expedition: A Biological Survey of Parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, Part 2 Page: 81

                                
MAY, 1893.1  BIRDS OF TIE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION.           81
places hardly an example of the ripe fruit could be -found which was
not more or less mutilated. A number of birds shot in the peach or-
chards at Lone Pine had little except the pulp of this fruit in their gul-
lets or stomachs. It was knowni as the 'peach bird.'
It was common all along the route from Walker Pass, through the
valley of Kent River, Walker Basin amd Bakersfield to Visalia, Juie
21-23, and July 1 to 23, and at Old Fort Tejon late in June and early in
July. It was seen at Ash Meadows and Palrump Valley, Nevada, in
March. In the same State, Dr. Merriam noted it among the cotton-
woods at Yount's ranch in Pabrump Valley, April 29; at Mountain
Spring, in the Charleston Mountains, and at Upper Cottonwood Springs
near the east bane of these mountains, April 30; near the summit of
the Timpahute Mountains in tree yuccas, May 26; at Quartz Spring, on
the west side of the Desert Mountains, May 27; at the Bend of the
Colorado, May 4, and on Gold Moumitain where a young one just able to
fly was caught June 3, at an altitude of about 1,980 meters (6,500 feet).
It was common in Tule Caiton June 4, and thence up to the plateau on
top of Mount Magruder. In Arizona, he found it common at the
mouth of Beaverdani Creek, May 9-10; in Utah, in the juniper belt of
the Beaverdam Mountains, May 10-11, and at St. George, in the Lower
Santa Clara Valley, May 11-15, where it was called ' peach bird' by
the Mormons. Two nests were fiumid at St. George, one in a cotton-
wood and the other in an arborescent cactus.
Mr. Nelson found the species in small numbers in the Caijada de las
Uvas, at San Emigdio Creek, and in the Temploa Mountains, and rather
common about the raniches in the San Joaquin Valley in October. It
was common along the route from San Simeon to Carpeuteria, among
the farms along the coast, and not uncommon between the latter place
and Santa Paula iii November and December.
Record of specimens collected of C(arpodacus mexican us frontalis.
Col-
lector's  Sex.  Locality.       Dato.    Collector.    Remarks.
No.
45  e  Daggett, Calif ............... Jan.  9, 1891  A. K. Fisher .....
13  c  . . do....................... Feb.  8, 1891  F. Stephens-...
Panamint Mountains, Calif .. Mch.28, 1891  E. W. Nelson..... Johnson Caton.
158  <  . ....io....................... Apr. 13, 1891  A. K. Fisher .....  Surprise Cation.
159  9 . . ...........  ... --.  --. -do .------ .-- do  ---------- - o.
187  9  Argus  mige, Calif........... Apr. 27, 1891 ....do .............  Nest and eggs.
231        d do.....................  Ma- y  12,1891 K...do  .............  Matu rango  Spring.
232  e   iiiui......  ..... ......... --  --:do...........do...............  Do.
---.do ...................do-. '1T. S. l'almei.........1o.
d  . ........................ ...do.......'....(do ......  Do.
348  9  Death Vallee, Calif.......June 21. 1891I  A. Ii. Fisher . Furnace Creek.
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Loxia curvirostra stricklandi. Mexican Crossbill.
Crossbills were uncommon and seen only in the Sierra Nevada. At
Big Cottonwood Meadows Dr. Merriam saw them just below timber line
June 18, and towards the end of the season Mr. Dutcher saw a few and
shot a pair. Mr. Nelson saw some on the west slope opposite the head
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