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15 april 81
Cimagna Sta
5890
203
Hendraca nigricans 4.9 x 7.3 9.
5891
207
Seturus encallatus 8.2 x 10.6 8
1.dk brown. Bill black bluish at
base below. Legs dark bluish.
Not common. Cottonwoods & willows
Nest pendant, cup shaped, not
so thick as that of J. bullocki,
5892
0.5-
Tino pusillus 5 x 7.1 8
1.dk brown. Bill dark above, light
below. Legs dark. Frequent willows
and undergrowth along streams.
Active nesters and moving for
so small a bird. Nest pendant
from a forked twig, usually
hanging for two to three feet
from the ground in dense
thickets. 4 to 5 eggs. Insects
Abundant here. Breed in May.