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27 April 81
Tucson Ariz.
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242 Pyrrhodolia zinnata 9.1X12.1 0
5980
293 Ditto
5.7X11.7 6
Heard a variety of notes, some
of which were loud and pleasant
and some a lower chishting.
Heard no extended song, the
longest was not more than
four notes. Brush in an ar-
royon,
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247 Dicrurus costae 3.55X4.52 8 jun
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293 Microstira whitneyi 5.9X15.2 6
Last night I heard a bird that
was undoubtedly the present
one, and watched some time to
get to see it and shoot it if
possible but could not. I heard
it several times in the night
and got up at daybreak to try
it again but although I heard
it I failed to see it. I tried though
I heard two. The commonest