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Strong, 1921.
Hazelton, B.S., Oct. 954 ft. 6b.
first adult bird was beautifully marked with crest
ruffs and broad tail, but the second was very
plainly marked, light colored around head and
neck with no noticeable ruffs. The latter stopped
down the road about thirty or forty feet before she
sneaked off in the brush and began to mew like a
cat. I saw approximately a dozen young in each cover.
Farther on I shot a Gunn & Snowshoe Rabbit, altogether
I saw two Gunn rabbits and about five young ones,
ranging in size from a Red Squirrel to a Brush-rabbit.
Coming home I heard a lot of little birds freezing
around a burned stump, on coming up found about
four Juncoes and a couple of Chipping Sparrows
wildly excited about a little Junco under a root,
which was flapping and seemed to be caught. Suspecting
a weasel I went around and found a small
garter snake trying to swallow the little bird, he
had its posterior down his throat and was working
on the rest. The parent birds flew down with a few
wishes of his head but seemed helpless. I backed off
and shot him, killing the little bird also, and
had some trouble disengaging the two. Farther
on I shot a Thriller, a typical Golden-shafted
except for dark reddish cheek patches. Spent all
afternoon putting up our two rabbits, as Mr.
Swarth got one this morning.