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23 April 81
Treason
Went up the river a few miles
this morning. Found several foxes
on which were Coots, a medium size
Egret with three half grown young
(I would have shot but it could not be
any way of getting it) several Ruddy
and Spoon-billed Ducks; and two or three
pairs of Cinnamon Teal. one White
Heron. A. egretta. one Night Heron (a
distance), one Great Blue Heron, and one
small Rail, which I think was
P. jamaicensis. I once mounted one
of this species for the San Diego
Lyceum. Killed near San Diego
Cal., and I have seen two other
when I had no gun with me.
The flight of this one was very
slow and the bird was small
and dark. This flew up over it
bank on which I was walking
with my gun on my shoulder.