Field notes, v506
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Banks 1957 21 Melospiza melodia 25 April E Men's Faculty Club Nest U R-1 [illegible] 5.2 gm. Primaries looking skin, also secondaries. 7,8,9 prim. maybe out - hard to tell. Ventral tract dark to division at least level. L-1 [illegible] 2.8 gm. Hands only dark areas, but a few spots on mid-lack. 26 April R-1 [illegible] 5.1 gm. All primaries, only 1 secondary out of skin. Ant half of abd. tract, back, neck, humerus, +flash show very dark, spots on head as dals. Alula dark, not out. 8th prim. less than 1 mm. L-1 [illegible] 2.9 gm. Hand area shows very dark. Back + crown show a few spots. Primary buds show. Down still matted, esp. in head region. V of LSB, Nest V No change. Birds not at nest yesterday or today. However, one bird was in the area today, 4 M. S. of Naval Research, Nest U No change in A.M. E Men's Faculty Club Nest U 1750. R-1 [illegible] 6.8 gm. All feather tracts show at least dark spots. Back, Upper Abdominal, + wing very dark. All primaries + secondaries thin skin, but inner secondaries just barely, 5th Primary 1 mm. L-1 [illegible] 3.9 gm. Wings dark, back, neck, + upper abdominal show dark spots. 7,8,9 prim. maybe out, but if so barely discernable. Position head extended + down, resting on both.