Field notes, v4149
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Piteka 1942 July 11 Wolsey Canyon, Berkeley, 800 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. This morning between 10 and 11 o'clock, I walked along the north face of the ridge separating Wolsey and Strawberry Canyons, from where J. T. Marshall reported several interesting species -- including Lawrence Goldfinches and Gaschecker Finch - which he had observed on July 10. I took a circuitous route, following the the margin of the oak-Umbellularia stand along the creek up to the lower limit of the Artemesia, not far from the upper end of the canyon forest, then turned southward over the open hills for a short distance, then westward north of the Cyclotron and back to the mouth of the canyon. This route included the wildest growths along a shallow drainage course running NNW from the vicinity of the Cyclotron into Wolsey Canyon. California Quails called in the marginal thickets along the edge of the oaks and bay trees! Anna Hummers were encountered frequently. Both a Downy and a Hairy Woodpecker were heard calling within the deeper, lower end of the canyon. The Hairy was heard