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14 April 81
35 Miles East of Torecon Hill
5478.
191. Sctinus harisum 83N21 8
Ith plum. Bill black bluish
at base below. Legs dark bluish
Insects. Saw several of this
species today migrating.
I do not think any will
stay to bred on the plains
as I believe they breed
in the mountains.
Drove 20 Miles. Soon after
starting the brush gave
way to grass and later in
the day we skirted the
north end of the Whetstone
Mountains passing through
scattering Semi-Oak which
further on lower down
on the Plains was replaced
by Migrating in scattering
[illegible] streaks along the
washes. We are now out of