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Transcription
ZIEBLER
1956
ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZI
APR 14 STRAWBERRY CANYON, PROMETOR CO., CAMP.
7:45 PM. FOUND 1 OVER FEET DOWN
IN HUMUS (NOT TOO DEEP) OF NEOCOMA
NEST ON N.-FACING-SLOPE OF CANYON.
BY THE WAY THE NEST WAS TAKEN DOWN
BY THE OBSERVERS IT COULD NOT BE
TOLD IF THE ANIMAL HAD DELIBERATELY
BEEN IN THE LOOSE STICKS TOWARDS
EDGE OF NEST ORIGINALLY OR IN
THE LOOSE HUMUS IN WHICH HE
WAS PICKED UP, ONLY A FEW
INCHES AWAY AND A FEW INCHES
DEEPER THAN AN ANGULUS LIBRIS.
BAGRENOCCOS ALSO FOUND IN SOME
NECOMA NEST. CLOSEST WATER
ABOUT 25 - 80 FT AWAY DOWN 45 DEGREE
BRUSHY SLOPE,