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Marshall, 1947
Melospiza
Collections Sept-Oct '47
Oct 12 Swinson Bay shore, north Sulphur Springs Creek,
Solano Co., Calif.
(See Carquinez Quadrangle)
3791-3796 Taken here in great
expanse of excluded S. campestris &
Typha with frequent patches of
taller S. acutus where birds
usually concentrated. Not numerous.
Saw only about 8 birds.
Many yellowthroats, Wrens,
furled 1 Long-eared
owl from Barchais on
a dyke.
This is same spot where
Stone & I coll. 6 birds in
Nov 41. There are patches of
very tall loose Salicornia plants
growing among S. campestris & Typha.
Unusual formation.