Field notes, v1670
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Strong. 1921. Nine Mile Mt. 106. 252.5 jugopus (min.) July 26, 1921, Mon. July 25, - Climbed the Mt. this morning, put out two steel traps in the fox? burrow I found in the scrub Balsam. Saw the Golden Eagle again a very dark bird with patches on both wings (lesser wing coverts) which are light and quite conspicuous. He is too wild to get a shot at. We both got a Juvenile Golden Chinned Sparrow, they are quite hard to get as they stay in the thick brush, but the old birds are a good deal in evidence. Up on a bare ridge covered with low heather I found a female Plain-tanager (probably Buck?) and five chicks. The old bird refused to fly, and paid little attention to us in her efforts to keep her family together. She chattered and whined occasionally, panting like a hen on a hot day. Mrs. J Swartz took several pictures of her and we let her go in peace. Shot a Searawak Sparrow and a very pale Robin. We formed old Wolf tracks and fresh deer tracks! It looks like an admiral country for the latter, as the mountain is in the shape of a U and the center part is a sloping valley with clumps of trees, growing in size as the altitude decreases. Between these patches are parts of open grass