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O.P. Richardson
934 98
General Account.
portion of a finch. In
a willow thicket I watched
the actions of a & Hummingbird
gather the sage from
the workings of a
sparrow. A Sparrow
was also seen in the
willow patch. This
bird was peculiarly
colored in that it looked
very much like a Red-
breasted Sparrow
but it lacked the red
head and breast, the head
and breast of this bird being black.
(Dr. Wm Bell) found a
junco nest containing
3 birds & developed and
an addle egg. The
White-headed Woodpecker
nest found by Mr. Dixon
and myself on May 19, 1934
contained the bodies of
4 young birds. These birds
had been dead for
quite some time.
The weather has
been clear and warm