Field notes, v506
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Banks 1957 Melospiza melodia 26 2 May 2 of Men's Fox. Club, West W 0653 R-1 14.9 gm. 8+4 Prim. 19 mm. Very quiet on balance. Head stripe barely beginning to show up. Outer rectrix 8mm. Under tail coverts out. Pt. 8+4, left 1st. greater prim. covert + alenin 1/3 grown seem to be only feathers not thru sheaths. L-1 14.4 gm. 8+4 Prim. 14 mm. New wt. after defecation 14.1 gm. Left Prim. 2,5,6 are out, more on rt. 2 greater prim. cov. on rt. as at, more on left. Most humeral out. a few back + thigh, most of all mental + flank. Noe out on head. Outer rectrix 2mm; no tail feath. out. Both birds cling to nest bottom. 5 of Natural Research Next U? No change at 0730. 1855 2 of Men's Fox. Club - W. 1855 L-1 13.7 gm. 8+7 Prim. 15 mm. Pt. greater prim. coverts 2+7 out, no rt. primaries. Rt. prim. 2,4,5,6,7 out, no greater covts. All but one nt. secondary & cell but inner 2-3 sec. coverts out, few sec. + coverts on left. Head has no feathers out, Mid-back well-feathered, upper lower back hardly, a few rectrices & upper tail coverts starting thru. Outer tail feather 3+mm. Banded 24-180312 on right leg. Sec. coverts mostly out on right wing, fewer on left. R-1 Jumped from my hand to a reader. could not work with him, so collected him.