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A. Feathers.
Jan. 27, 1934.
Colorado R., ½ mi. N. Nev.- Calif.
Monument, Clark Co., Nev.
(cont.)
a great variety of birds. Some I recognized
were : Netten carolinense, approx. 20; Pyro-
cephalus rubinus mexicanus, three; Fulica amer-
icana, approx 12; Wrens, four; Flickers, three;
Turdus migratorius propinquus, one.
After my return to camp, I cut wood,
cooked dinner, washed the dishes and wrote
notes.
Jan. 28, 1934.
The preparation of breakfast and dishes
taken care of, I walked around my trap
line, which extends west some three miles.
The westernmost traps are
about one mile across the Calif. state line.
But one trap had been disturbed. The
bait had been taken from one trap; probably
by a coyote.
On the walk, I saw four sage sparrows.
My traps near the slough were next
visited. None had been disturbed.
I prepared a lunch and cut some stove
wood. Later as I walked along the edge of
the slough, I shot a black phoebe. It was
difficult to find an opportunity to shoot it
above the land, so that it would not fall in
the water but I finally did so. Birds seen
during the walk were: Two robins, four
flickers, one kinglet, approx. 30 green-winged