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21 April 81
Sweson Ariz
To W. W. Huetkhan
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2.54 Helminthophaga lucida 4.3 X 6.9 ↑
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2.55 Ditto 4.5 X 7.1 ↑
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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.
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2.57 Mygidoetes fuscillatus 4.0 X 7. 8
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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.