Field notes, v665
Page 121
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March 19, 1941 Windy, cloudy, and clear. Payzant's Woods 1:30 to 3:30 P.M. Winter Wren Gardiner Woodpecker Ruby-crown Kinglet Sparrowhawk Golden-crown Kinglet Flicker Valley Quail Rusty Song Sparrow Robin China Pheasant Violet-green Swallow Western Bluebird Wilson Snipe Meadowlark Killdeer Brewer Blackbird Rufous Hummingbird Crow Junco *Band-tailed Pigeon Pipit English Sparrow Horned Lark Slender-bill Nuthatch Great Blue Heron Red-breast Sapsucker Towhee Seattle Wren Oregon Chickadee Stellar Jay The first one that I have ever seen. It was perched in an Ash tree about twenty feet above the ground. It looked almost twice as large as the Mourning Dove. The underparts were a pale red or pinkish shade. There was a whiteish bar around the rear base of the head. Under side of tail was white and upper part gray. Upper body seemed to be blue-green or similar.