Field notes, v1513
Page 423
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Palmer 1936 January 1/2 mi. SE summit San Benito Mtn. (cont'd) June 16 (cont'd) Chaparal S/W of camp. Saw 3, all out of gunshot. Shot a Bell Sparrow. returned to camp. This morning at camp caught 1 Tham- nophis ordinoides. This was taken on the bank of the creek and headed for the brush at the water's edge when pursued. June 17 This A.M. went into Adria for mail. Saw a canyon where there which is nesting on an old stone building (almost = a cliff). Also saw English Sparrowa, Western King- birds, Linneto, Calif. Jays and Calif. Quail at Mrs Adria. On the way down, shot a Cnemidophorus from a bank beside the road. This locality designated as 1/2 mi. S/W Mrs Adria, 3200 ft., San Benito Co., Calif. Returned to camp in the afternoon. From 5-7 P.M. hunted up the first canyon SE of camp, to the ridge which reached in highest point an elevation of 5100 ft. On the north side at the lead of the canyon, shot a Black-chinned Sparrow in the scrub oak. Saw 3 Golden Eagles on the ridge. Other birds were not as numerous as usual, possibly because of the stiff breeze on the ridge.