Field notes, v1724
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C. EGGLEE 1956 Nestoma FUSIFES APRIL (cont) SPRAWL BERRY CANYON, ANDREWS CO., CALIF. HOLES BUT ON UNDER(?) CATLIN X OAK TWIG WITH LEAVES ON SMALL PORCH IN FRONT OF HOLES. SIDEVIEW OF ENTRANCE(?) HOLE + PORCH TWIGS ON TOP OF NEST WERE 6-8 IN LONG & PENCIL SIZED OR LESS IN DIA. DEEPER IN MOST (SEEN STICKING OUT) WERE UP TO 1/2IN. IN DIA. SMALLER STICKS SCATTERED OVER FACE OF NEST. HOLES ON 3 LEVELS AT LEAST WITH 2 OR 3 HOLES ON EACH LEVEL, MOST TWIGS STICKS IN NEST FROM BAY (AEL. TO RATT) SOME CONIUM ALSO, SOME FRUIT OR SCRO- ox COVERS FOUND NEXT TO PARENTES, MOST HOLES CLUSTERED ON N-FACING (DOWNSLOPE) SIDE OF NEST. NEST ITSELF "BUILT" AROUND (OR AT LEAST CLUSTERED AROUND) SYMPHOROCERAS. SPROUTS TANGING OFF TOP OF NEST, 1 FT OR SO DOWN FROM OPEN FOUND FRESH (OR RECENTLY CUT) TWIGS OF BAY & SOME OTHER TREE IN CHAMBER ABOUT 10 INCHES IN D. ANOTHER (FLATTENED SPHERE SHAPE) SMALL TUNNEL LEADING OFF TO SMALL (FROSTY?) LINDED CHAMBER, 4IN. IN DIA. FOUND ANGIOS LARVAE IN IT, ON A FLOOR OF 1st LEVEL CHAMBER MADE.