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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.