Arizona field notes / 1881
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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.