Arizona field notes / 1881
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and then they fly into the tree and will allow very close approach, notter them face the dog by leaving the tree. Can fly up into a tree only by taking a run and sailing up as one might say. They do not attempt any real flight but can increase their speed when running by using their wings also. All lizards, snakes, grasshoppers, katydid, 6144 457 Soturus circulatus 8.1X0.7 8 6145 458 Poliophila plumbea 7.5x5.5 9 Has bred. 6146 459 Colletes chrysoides 11.2x18.6 9 Has bred also. Shot from a Mynahit. 6147 460 Harpophrychus var. palmini 11.1x13.5 9 Sitting. The last two were shot from my seat while at work. They were evidently coming in from the hills for water