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Beds
1957
Zontrichia l. muttallii
45.
22 April
Barrow Lane, Opp. Adm. Bldg. 0800
Found nest with 4 eggs in Centurus. Nest K.
Benscroft, Nest H
at 1300hs, 3 young + 1 egg,
1810hs. L-1 3,2 gm. Hand shows dark
streak, not definitive.
R-4 4,7 gm.
t+
R-1 5,3 gm. Handarea shows
dark, dark spots show on both humerus.
23 April
Benscroft, Nest J
0555 R-1. 11,1gm. Prim. 13 mm.
Many funeral back, back-of-worn, flank,
thigh + abdominal feathers well out.
Left 2nd primary badly out. Only 1 or 2
coverts out. Very quiet,
Benscroft Nest H
0605
-0615 R-4 4,8+ gm. Spots showing on
back humerus, stripe on hand.
L-1 3,6 gm. Same as above.
R-1 5,5 gm. Same, perhaps more
developed. Spots extend to tail.
Barrow Lane, Nest K
Only 3 eggs at 0645 today.
What he mistake - 4 eggs at 1750hs.
Benscroft, Nest H
1800 R-1 7,7 gm. Primaries show as
hooks extending from stri. Flank + abdominal
tract light colored but discernable. Funeral, head
black show many dots.
R-4 6,6 gm. Looks exactly like R-1.
L-1 5,0 gm. Primary hooks not as far
out, flank tract less clear. all gaped