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Marshall 1944
General Art.
May 14 Carry Mt. Refuge, Ozark Co., Mo.
Whetstone - nail in wooden case)
did fail. He was gobbling
well into hot part of day.
Skinks everywhere & very tame.
Also scelopous & one beautiful
collared lizard in bald.
Prairie Warblers in six oaks
around balds, Vires Thistle,
least flycatchers bobwhites
in woods above cabin.
1 pr. Phoebes on bald another
n. at cabin - nest with
3 young ready to leave built
under overhanging cliff. Yellow th
& white-eyed & red-eyed viros
common. Starker heard Ruffed Grouse.
May 15 Guimerville
called up flock jay & 3 or 4
& Cuckoos in cypress gulch on
hill by barred owl calls. No
response to Screech Owl notes.
PM went after Chuck-wills. The
usual 3 along face of cypress
slope, chased them on up to
summit while I shined several
as they sat on fence post &
called & chased each other
around.