Field notes, v1670
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Shang - 1921. Nine Mile Mt. 316, well, and which I secured was the size of a Semi-Palmate Plover, white belly, reddish grey upper-parts, white throat, black bill about an inch long, and slightly curved, and black feet. This morning I went back to look for him but the clouds hung right over the Mt. and you could not see more than forty feet thru the rains and mist. Would have gotten badly mixed up save for my compass. But in most of the more-hops from on top, The day is cold, gray, and cloudy with occasional showers. Spent rest of the day in cabin. Rain. 269. ♀ Passerella i. altirostris (min.) Aug. 7. 1921. Sun. Aug. 7. Cold rains off and on all day. Went for short hunt but saw nothing save one Dred Squirrel. Saw and secured a young Fox Sparrow near the cabin. Found later: A ♀ Blue House with one chick was on the trail and I got a long wing shot which only resulted in a few feathers. The birds evidently feed along the trails over the rocks when the weeds are too wet to forage in. This bird looked very dry and comfortable altho it was pouring rain with the country sprawling wet. There were a family of about five Canada Nutatchesy around the cabin with the juncoes, also several