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Zonotrichia leucophrys
30
27 April
Bancroft, West b
L-1
14.5 gm.
8¹ Prm. 6 mm.
Speckled face legs in my hand.
Sits with neck partly extended. A couple
abdominal feathers thin sheath, but lately,
and no others. Tail sheaths not thin skin,
P-4.
16.7 gm.
8⁴ Prm. 9 mm.
Speckled for first time when I replaced
L-1. Humoral, abdominal, flank, mid-
back all have many feathers out of
sheath. Tail sheaths out about ½ mm.
28 April
0710 L-1
14.2 gm.
8⁴ Prm. 8 mm.
Most abdominal feathers out of sheath,
No others. A couple flank lately out.
P-1
(7.9 gm.)
8⁷ Prm. 11mm.
Pt. Prm. 2+5 are out, many sec. coverts
on thinning. Left Prm. 3,4,5,6 are
out, few sec. coverts, a few prim. coverts.
One head feather. Some on all tracts out,
except tail. Alula out. Tail 2mm ±.
Defecated before weighing. Holds head up
part of time.
P-4
15.2 gm.
8¹ Prm. 11mm.
Defecated before weighing. Jumped off balance
pan. 2 coverts left side, 1 rt. side are
out. These are last (<onta) sec. coverts,
rare two to be out just on all birds.
1 crown feather. thigh, humeral, back,
+abdom. tract all mostly out. Sat always
with chin resting on my hands.
Bancroft, West K.
No change in A.M.