Field notes, v1472
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Marshall 1944 General Bird Gainesville Ozark Co., Mo. Type of country - 1 stream thru town in a valley 1/4 mi wide in places with farms & pastures - wide enough for a few birds, I guess. co. like Phoebe, Phoebe, Quackle, Red-headed Woodpecker, Crow, Starling, etc. Ridges above this with systems of narrow valleys and streams between ridge systems. They are for very imperceptible slope & meanders with sm. oval pastures thus cut off on alternate sides. This is type co. at Caney but. Refuge and Valley W Gainesville Slopes gentle & heavily wooded with various oaks. When steep, high, have cypresses on S or SW facing slopes. On S feet of ridge are the balds. List of Birds: Broad valley thru town : Green Heron 2 Killdeer 2 Mourning Dove many Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Phoebe 2 Rough-winged Swallows 2 Martin 3 or 4 Swift 150+ Blue Jay 6 or 7 Mockingbird 1 or 2 Catbird, Thrasher Robin in town English Sparrow Starling Quackle Orchard Oriole Catbird