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Zonotrichia l. nuttallii
20.
Banks
1957
4 April
S side Grounds + Blgds. Vest &
1 egg in this nest today or cooh.
Banow-lane S end Adm. Bldgs.
Bird singing from top of Adm Bldg after bird
trilling in Live Oak across street. Singing
bird flew to same tree. Both birds very
disturbed as I explored Ceanothus bush,
where there is an old nest, but nothing
new. May be too early for this pair.
They have moved [illegible] to the border
of the territory (?) adjoining nest E's
territory. Much trilling + singing going
on.
SE corner Univ. + Fulton, Vest & F
Marked 15.6 gm. Prim. 8 mm.
Unmarked 15.7 gm. Prim. 8 mm.
1800 hrs. Marked bird gaped first, but [illegible] followed
soon when I parted bushes. Marked bird has secondary
coverts barely out of sheath. Same as unmarked Melospiza.
Unmarked bird defecated as I took him from nest.
This one has no feathers out of sheath yet. Both
birds held onto nest. Both were very active
on the balance.
Greenhouse area, Vest B
Wt. 12.3 gm. Primaries 4 mm.
No feathers breaking thru sheath yet. Did not gape
at mirror. Very quiet in my hand & on balance.
Seemed very weak. 1805 hrs. Seemed to hold on to
nest.