Field notes, v506
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Pipilo erythropthalmus 2- Baer's 1957 23 April Garden, Men's Fac. Club, U.C. Campus, Berkeley, Calif. No change - this P.M. 30 April 3 young and legg - this AM at 7:30 2 May Young appear in good shape after 2 cool + wet days. Did not count them. 1910 Collected 1 young, appeared to 2 left. 13.1 gm. All primaries + secondaries out, most counts just thru skin, 8th Prim. is 2+ mm. Some humeral feathers barely thru skin, back (mid-) zone even less. Inside of mouth red, lined with yellow. All feather tracts dark, except lower abdominal. Thigh has just a few spots. Tail represented by extremely short down. 6 May Collected another young bird at 8:30 +/- Wt. 22.5 gm, 8th Prim. 17.5 mm. Aula, rt. primaries 1-6, 9, rt. greater prim. cov. 4, left prim. 1,2, 4-9, left, greater prim. cov. 1, 4, 7 are out of sheath. A few feathers on crown, neck, many on mid-back + humerus also out. Abdominal tracts out, but not throat or chin. Flank all out, thigh partly. #192.