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24 Mech 51.
(Morse's Mill)
5782
9.5 Gymnopus var. macrodophus. 12.1X17.7 B
5783
9.6 Ditto
11.6X17.2 ♀
5784
Ditto
12.1X17.6 ♀
Three days are common in
the Pines well up the moun-
tains, but are wary and
difficult of approach. Usually
when they see anyone in
[illegible] they fly from the
top of a tree to the lower
part of one a little further
away and commence jumping
higher from one limb to
another and on reaching
the top immediately fly to
the lower part of another
tree to repeat the same
maneuver. If we can
follow fast enough to get
within range before they
reach the top of the tree