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Zonotrichia l. nuttalli
34
17 April
Barrow Lane opp S. and Allen Bldg.
Heard and saw a bird here again, but didn't
look for nest. Soon the same (?) bird was
singing on W side of storehouse. Here I
found the remains of 6 old bird nests in
a line of trees, but found no new nests.
S. side Grounds + Bldgs. Nest E.
? Incubating, only 3 eggs.
Inside NW Corner Edwards Field, Nest G.
1745 R-1 10.8gm. Prim. 3 mm.
Secondaries 2-3 Eyes open. All feather
tracts well thru skin, shivered +
crouched in my hand. Head trait landygt.
R-3 12.9gm. Prim. all close to 5 mm,
Head feathers barely thru, others all out.
R-4 12.3 gm. Prim. 3-4mm, Eyes
open. Action + feather development
similar on all - crouched + shivered,
little or no gaping. Very nixdy + chilly,
Nest C 180 hrs.
R-1 6.9 gm. Primaries just bumps thru
skin. Very active gaping. Holds head up
straight between gapes. No movement or
sound stimulates gaping.
L-3 6.4 gm. Primaries back thru.
R-3 6.4 gm, ||
All three birds gaped whenever I reached
into nest, and really stretched up. All
very similar in action + development but
R-1 seems a little ahead on wings. Began
to rain while I was bee.