Field notes, v506
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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.