Field notes, v1725
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A.C. ZIMMER 1958 Journal BROODS ISLAND, OR 10 FT. CONYES CASH CO. CALIF. FEB.9 (CONT.) BIRD BONE FROM WARD'S CAGE WHICH PROBABLY WAS BURIED WITH SKELETON SINCE IT WAS FOUND WITH CHINCHIL RIBS VERTEBRAE ETC. PAVI'S SKELETON (THE REMAINS OF WHICH I OBTAIN TODAY) GAVE MY # 1015. (OFT.) INFANT SKELETON # 1016 (5 FT.) ADULT SKELETON FROM ROCKY POINT # 1017 (10 FT.) I CAN SEE THAT MANY YEARS OF RAT BURROWS THRU SKELETONS BURIED CLOSE TO THE SURFACE OR COAST OF BANKS AND IN THE COLLAPSE X REMOVING OF THESE BURROWS THAT PARTS OF SKELETON MIGHT BE BROKEN, DISPLACED, REMOVED ETC. AND THIS PROBABLY WAS THE CASE WITH RESPECT TO THE BONES FOUND ON THE NE ROCKY POINT OF ISLAND. I SAW THE FORM OF THE SKELETON BY LOOKING IN A RAT BURROW NEAR THE TOP OF THE BANK. STEAMBOAT CANYON (NEW BOTANICAL GARDENS), BOULDER, COLORADO. CALIF. FEB. 20 PUT UP 4 SPECIMENOUS COLL'S BY SHOWING IN ZOO 128 CLAS. THESE 4 GO TO ZOOL. DEPT. COLL. FOR CLASS USE IN ZOO 113. 1 MI. N CAMA MEEREE, SONOMA CO. CALIFORNIA PUT UP 2 RICHARDSONS COLL'S FEB.16,1958 FEB 21 BY WM HAMILTON III & DON ROSSIER AS MATE WHO