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taken, includes bluejay quail
pigeon and thrown feathers etc.
N. Sitta pygmaea leucorrhoa
Date Mar 30/1972
Set M. 48/3 2/3
COUNT. 730 a
Local. Mt Piris, Kern Co. Calif.
Incb. fresh
Nest in dead pine stich alt 7500
Rem. small hole and cavity
well lined and cracks plugged
nest very similar 43/79 3 ft up.
N. Pallid Wrentit
Date Apr 28, 1923
Set M 13/3
COUNT. 742 a
Local. El Monte, L.A Co. Calif.
Incb. advanced
Colby Alden Miller
Nest in brush of a fallen
Rem. alder tree 2 ft up.
made of plant fiber bound
with finer bark strids mixed
with hair and grass
Also some cottonwood down.
Nest very compact 5" high, 2" diam
inside 2" cup. Bird sat within?
st on nest and both birds came
up 2ft later...made but little now.