Arizona field notes / 1881
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21 April 81 Sweson Ariz To W. W. Huetkhan 5941 2.54 Helminthophaga lucida 4.3 X 6.9 ↑ 5942 2.55 Ditto 4.5 X 7.1 ↑ 5943 2.56 Ditto to C. A. Cory 7.2 X 6.0 ♀ Killed these three at one shot. This species is the most abundant of any, here in the meagrit. Shud Their leap on all sides all day long. They seldom sing. Keep on the move from tree to tree, sometimes going into the low brush. Do not seem to be mated yet. 5944 2.57 Mygidoetes fuscillatus 4.0 X 7. 8 5945 2.58 Melospiza var. pallar 6.3 X 8.2 9 2. dth. brown. Bill darks above, light below. Legs light brown. Willing. 9.1/3. Home and insects Willows and rushes of a marsh. Other seen.