Field notes, v504
Page 312
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1965 Bill Arvey Journal Oct 25 - Sunday - Marin Co., RCA transmitting station at Point Reyes. Day very warm and bright. As 6 of us walk back through the cypress grove, which lines the dirt road on both sides, [illegible] to the main road. We stop to watch a flock of juncos. They are on the ground feeding at the edge of the roadway. Out of this flock of Junco oreganus are observed 2 individuals which are very much more grey than the others. The grayest one has a triangular rufous-chestnut patch on the back, set off from the gray of the sides and belly. A dark patch passes from the eye to the bill. The other junco is slightly less distinct, but still separable from the Oregon juncos. These two gray ones are agreed by the party, i.e. Steve McClean, B.D. Sage, James Lynch and myself to be Junco caniceps, the grey-headed junco, which thus constitutes an unusual record for this locality. The time is about 2 PM. As I go to the car for a collecting gun, the birds are scared off by a car and do not return.