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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.