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28 April 87
Tucson Ariz
5954
267 Polioptila plumbea 4.6X5.8 ♂
J. dk. brown. Bill and legs black,
Merguit. First sem lure.
3955
268 [illegible] var. coofuri 8.2X12.7 ♂
5-956
269 Cardinalis var. igneus 9.7X12.5 ♂
J. all. brown. Bill reddish, legs brown.
Frequent low brush usually near streams. Scarcely common. Leds near stream.
5957
270 Melospiza var. fallax 6.1X7.9 ♀
5958
271 Antiochus ludovicianus 6.8X10.6 ♀
J. brown. Bill dark brown, rales below at base. Legs brown.
Several seen where in march at the stream.
5959
272 Polioptila plumbea 4.5X5.5 ♀
Very active. Appears to have just finished laying her set. It is little curious that this pair (both were shot near camp) should be breeding here and I not see them before for I have shot Polioptila on eight, too far.