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7. Code
1959
Acanthis hovemannii
8 June - cont-
#1 - 5 eggs (one slightly incubated),
on ground at base of willow 10" high,
steep rocky slope into Creek - moss -
beach - lichens - Purrys vegetation, lined
with ptarmigan feathers and cotton
clumps tufts
#2 - 3 young (just labeled) and 2 eggs,
6 ft up in willow with crown of 6 ft - on
side of creek bank, lined with ptarmigan
feathers and cotton grass tufts. Female
gave a distraction display.
#3 - 5 eggs (one no visible sign of
development), 14" up in willow with
crown of 4 ft, on gravel bar of creek
bed on the fan - lined with ptarmigan
feathers and cotton tufts.
#4 - 1 egg, 18" up in willow 2 ft
high, in bend of creek or fan - lined
with cotton tufts and ptarmigan feathers.
Nests along Whistler Creek
#1 - 3 eggs, on ground at base of
willow 10" high, flood plain of
creek, lined with Canadian straw and
cotton tufts.
#2 - 2 eggs, 10" up in willow with
crown 2 ft - flood plain, low open
stand of willows, lined with sheep hair