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Carpodacus cassinii
June 14
North Sweetwater Canyon, 7300 ft. Inyo Co., Nevada
As I was going along the cottonwoods in the stream bottom, I turned to go up the slope toward the nearby pino. Two birds flushed from the ground at the top of the banks and I shot them both, one on either side of the trail. One (#230) was a ?, laying or about to, she had a well developed brood patch. Here was an egg 10 mm. in diameter near the end of the oviduct, without shell. Other eggs 8,6, and 3mm. was about ready to leave the ovary. I only found 1 collapsed follicle. She weighed 34.2 gm., was rather fat. Shell 2-layered. The other (#231) was a ? with testes 7 mm. He weighed 29.0 gm. Both the crops were filled with seeds.
Crocker Island Sta., 5 mi N 2 1/2 mi W Barstow, 5260 ft, Plumas Co., Calif.
12 October
Shot 2 birds from a small flock forced low and to the ground by the rain. One, a ? with minute testes, was very fat, no sign of molt on inside of skin. This is #272, wt. 28.3 gm. The rear part of the shell was 2-layered. The other bird, 273, was a male also with minute testes. It was not nearly so fat, although it weighed 30.0 gm. The shell is completely single layered. On the inside of the skin molt is evident on the crown, neck, throat, and on the ventral and dorsal tracts, all parts. There is no sign of sheath on the wing feathers. The first bird had a seed in its crop.