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eBenedictis, Paul
1964
Catalogue
Mendoza Ranch, 0.3 mi. NE Pt. Reyes School, Pt. Reyes, 120',
Main Co., Calif. (collected by R.O. Parker)
Sept. 27, 1964
423 ♀(lumm.sh) Dendroica striata 11.9 gm. heavy fat
424 ♂(lumm.sh) Dendroica castanea 11.6 gm. heavy fat.
the legs of both these birds were pinkish in life, becoming yellowish when they were shot. the leg of # 424 became grayish about an hour later, while the leg of # 423 remained yellowish. Both sexed with tricolor microscope, glands in good condition - single, folded, granular organ below adreals on left side only; both with skull only about 1/2 ossified.
# 424 contained 1+ large diptera in its stomach.
San Francisco Bay Shore, Frontage Rd near Albany,
Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
Sept. 26, 1964 D.O.R.
425. ♂ harrus occidentalis 802 gm. no fat
legs dark gray-Hock; bill and eye black. Hit by a car,
fresh, when found.
426 Pt. Bonita, Marin Co., Calif.
Oct. 6, 1964 collected by Richard W. Stalcup
426 ♂lumm.sh Dendroica magnifica 7.8 gm. little fat & this minute
skull c. 1/2 ossified; found in cypress trees near the
light house (above Nike station) where an adult
was collected last year on the same date. Bird
famed its tail according to Stalcup.