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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