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Zonotrichia leucophrys
49
26 April
Barcroft, Nest H
12.8 gm.
8th Prim. 5.5mm.
Gave faint squeaks in my hand. Feathers same as R-1, eyes not open.
All birds stretched head down extended, rest on all ventral surface. All raised erect and gaped strongly when I first reached in or replaced me.
27 April
05:55 14.5 gm. 8th Prim. 8 mm.
Eyes open. A few humeral and a good many ventral feathers out of sheaths. Both parts of ventral tract appear now,
L-1 11.2 gm. 8-6th Prim. 5 mm.
Eyes apparently not quite open, at least not kept open. Eyes are open when gazing. Some sheaths of all tracts thin skin, very few on thigh. White wing.
R-4/1 12.5 gm before defecation, 12.0 after. 8th Prim. 7 mm.
Very few humeral, good many ventral feathers out of sheaths.
Barrow Home, Nest K
No change at 0615.
Barcroft, Nest H
18:20 R-1 19.3 gm. 8th Prim. 10mm.
Two outer secondary coverts each wing out of sheath. Most flank + abdominal feathers out. Most humeral + many mid-back absent. Rectrices sheaths at of skin 2 mm at most. Neck drawn in sometimes, extended sometimes.
R-1 & L-1 stretched, gaped, squealed in rest.