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Zonotrichia Metallii
35
18 April
Inside Edwards Field, West G.
0615 R-3 13.4 gm. Prim. 6mm.
Humeral + flash tracts show light sheaths.
about to break sheaths. Staged,
extended tongue while mouth open.
R-4 11.5 gm. Prim. 5 mm, 6"s longest.
No light tips on any feather sheaths.
R-1 9.8 gm. Prim. 4. Rest of
remains same as R-4. Bird is cold,
Birds crouched in my hand with head
on my palm; did not sit erect.
Bancroft, Lower Sec., Nest C
0640 All three birds dead. Birds are
warm - were they being brooded?
See catalog for weights.
Bancroft Center Sec., Nest J
0645 L-3 13.1 gm. Prim. 7 mm. Some few
sheaths of humeral tract light tipped,
R-1 5.9 gm. Prim. barely ludcling
through skin.
R-3 12.1 gm. Prim. 3 mm. This
bird very stiff, not active.
L-3+R-3 have eyes open.
Inside Edwards Field, West G.
1745 - 1800 R-3 14.8 gm. Prim. 8mm. Sat very
quiet in my hand with neck + head down.
A few feathers on abdomen have broken thru,
and secondaries + sec. coverts are about to. A
few humeral feathers also out & some on flash.
Back + show light tipped sheaths.
R-4 14.2 gm. Prim. 6mm
defecated, wet wt. 13.8 gm. A few
feathers on abdomen, + very few on humors are
thin sheaths. Back + a few crown to sheaths.