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Williami
1953/
Apr 4-11
Notes
Base chamber (int)
L4.
General impressions (int.)
probable small protection from predators
would be rather scant here if they were
used as nests. A diagram follows:
Rock
Rock
moss
nesting
29"
dust
-> level
12 ft.
CC
dust
X X 3x5x4x4x6x14x6grass
nesting
dust
level
Dry Grass
X X Rabbit holes?
nesting
dust
-> level
Slope here is approx. 30, S-facing.
Under some larger granite blocks below
this area the ground is covered with
partridge droppings more numerous even
than it in the dust level area alone. The
scats are shaped as follows:
[illegible]
may be up to 2" long. No quick home
been seen in this Base Camp area since
we arrived; however, their calls are heard