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Pitelka
1947
Oct. 16 (2 1/2 mi. ESE Tule Pk, 4500 ft., Virginia Mts., Washoe Co., Nev.
chase: One chased another vigorously high
in the air, away from a juniper-woodland
slope on the south side of the main canyon;
when the chase had reached a point roughly
over the middle of the canyon, the chaser turned
back to the juniper-covered slope, while the
chasee continued straight in the direction
of the chase, crossing the canyon, the
ridge along the north side, and seemingly
continued for some distance beyond.
Oct. 17 Left camp this morning. In the middle of our
truck-packing; a scrub jay called several times
up on a south-facing slope opposite our cabin.
Russell went up promptly to try to collect it, but
without success. We drove to Reno and spent the
remainder of the day visiting with members of
the Nevada State Fish and Game Commission,
and of the biology faculty at the University
(Fisher and Billings).
Oct. 18 After breakfast at Fisher's home, Russell and
I went to a locality 2 mi E and 1 mi S of
Steamboat Springs, Southern Washoe Co., where,
in June, 1946, I had found scrub jays
breeding and occurring at fairly regular
intervals along the canyon bottom. In 2 1/2
hours' hunting, I saw a group of 4 and later
a lone individual. The jay in the group of 4