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Transcription
T. Code
1959
23 May count-
♀ a heavily banded bird and
ventro much darker than ♂ -
generally slate grey all over
with dark head and conspicuous
facial streaks. The ♂ was sitting
on brow of the cliff downstream
from amid as we approached, flew
off and left changing in
the air ca 300 yds aft from
foot of cliff. I did not flush off
until I threw rope over the
cliff. Nest situated on ledge under
overhanging rock surface of 2 x 4 feet,
sloping rather steeply downward,
but there is an old stick nest
at the lower end of the ledge which
acts as a block that would keep
eggs or young from falling out.
Ledge at 5 ft below bottom of
cliff and 46 feet above river on
a sheer precipice of sandstone
facing southeast. 2 S. Wafe in
middle of ledge held 4 eggs, one
much darker in color than other
three.
Took one egg for albumin
sample but it proved to be