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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