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16 May 87
Santa Rita Mts.
6078
391 Goniafusa melanopisphus 8.7x12.8 9
Common high in the Mts.
Not near laying.
6079
392 Contopus pertinax 7.7x12.5 9
Jth brown, Bill above black, below
yellow, dusky toward tip. Keeps Halt.
Went to the summit of this range,
to see if there were any species there
that were not here, but found
little difference. The country on
the other side looks very bare.
Killed a Dur. Saw a suspicious
moccasin track. Found a nest
of four Arizona jay eggs, near
hatching; that some were clipped.
6080
393 Chordeiles tityensis 8.8x22 18
6081
394 Ditto 8.1x20 9
Jth brown, Bill brownish black,
Tub hole brown. A number
came past at twilight.
I would have laid down.