Field notes, v1470
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Marshall, 1939 General Comment 1 mi. W Stawash Spring, 5300 ft. Columbia G West. traps set around a July 29 Clearing in red fir, larch forest. 4 Peromyscus & 1 red-backed mouse. The red-backed mouse & 2 Peromyscus were in one tray (loaded by Ws. Hall) which had been set among the herbs of covering this little opening. A tenth trap had been set at the edge of a Manzanita thicket; it contained only one Peromyscus. Next collected birds on an extensive 5-facing brushy willow-covered slope. Saw 6 Calliope Hummers, & 3 Wright Flycatchers, 6 Flickers, 2 Crested Jays, several Robins, black-headed Grosbeaks, juncoes, Audubon Warblers. Heard 2 Warbling Vireos. Collected 2 towhee warbler and a freshly- moulted Calaveras Warbler (#692 inn). Heard 2 Fox Sparrows & coll. one # 690. Collected a junco (#689) & a Gambel Sparrow (#691). Shot several times at a Vaux Swift. Shot at a Flycatcher (?)