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Soyourus soya
8 June Peters-Schroder L. - one was seen
and heard singing on a sandstone
cliff 24# mi up the creek bed above
the large fan SE side Schroder.
An old nest was visible under an over-
hang on a ledge - much white chaffings
around it.
9 June Peters-Schroder L. - one seen flying
about works on east side of valley
just south of lvl of Peters L.
14 June Peters-Schroder L. - in Phoebe Meadows -
adult on the nest site previously found -
flew away at my approach. Neither -
feathered - 2 eggs present. Nest is
2 cup built on a compact layer of moss
with a little mud added to it or
possibly taken incidentally. The
rim of the cup and peel of dittmar
mound was lined with teased
material from Lepidopterous pupae -
cucumbers, Then in the cup came a layer
of dead sheep hair also firmly compacted
by the vert of the cups wool train and finally
the eggs were lying on an inner lining
of ptarmigan feathers. A very firm
nest blending weight into the rocks.