Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1947 Junco June 11 Sa Laguna, 6200+ ft., Sierra de la Laguna, Baja Calif. Found them quite common here in the course of two hours observation. The area covered was the southwestern side and corner of the valley, at a point where it broadens and starts to bend. Went up a small stream in dense woods, where there were many oaks and pinon pines, madrones, a few large willows and some other green trees and shrubs. Then crossed over to the SE and up another stream bed where only some pools of water remained. I never could be sure of the sex distinction, but found the birds often in pairs. Yet there were just as often 3 or 4 birds loosely grouped together. Saw several young birds flying with the others, having stripes of brownish color on their breasts. I watched one first among the dense dry leaves under oaks, then fly six feet up on the trunk of a large oak, covered with lichen. It moved up the trunk by a series of short fluttering jumps, sometimes clinging sideways. Looked a little awkward and unbalanced. In another place one of a pair behaved similarly and I saw several briefly do the same. They all looked intent on feeding. Saw one chase another from branch to