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A.C.Ziegler
1960
CITERLUS LEUCURUS
12 mi. (by road) ESE Newberry Lava Flow, San Bernardino Cal.
30 deg. HEARD BIRD-LIKE CALL ON ONE BUT SAW NONE IN THIS HALF-LAVA - HALF-SAND & CROSBUSH AREA. DID HOWEVER FIND 2 YOUNG IN A GARBAGE JAR SUNK IN SAND WITH 3 ROCKS ABOUT THE RIM & CARDBOARD SET & WEIGHED DOWN ON THERE. THEY WERE WELL-FURRED & HAD EYES OPEN & COULD BITE. ABOUT COLOR PATTERN PRESENT BUT FUR SEEMED FINE & SOFT. GIVEN TO [illegible] CLASS MEMBERS (2) WHO FED THEM MILK FROM A SPOON & BITS OF BREAD & CRACKERS. THE ANIMALS GAVE WHAT SEEMED TO ME THE ADULT CALL - AND APPEARED TO GIVE IT MORE OFTEN TOWARD EVENING & IN MORNING. I THOUGHT THEY HAD FALLEN IN THE ABANDONED(?) INSET(?) JAR BUT THEY COULD WELL HAVE BEEN BORN THERE. NO NESTING MATERIAL IN JAR. DID NOT NOTICE WHEN REMOVING CARD- BOARD LID ON BOTTLE BUT THERE PROBABLY COULD WELL HAVE BEEN ENOUGH ROOM FOR PARENT(S) TO COME & GO AT WILL. YOUNG COULD PROBABLY JUMP OUT OF JAR IN WEEK 2 OR SO. THEY DID NOT SEEM THIN AT ALL. SOME SHIVERING TOOL PLACE AFTER BEING HANDLED.