Arizona field notes, v4429
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Inca doves were breeding along the principal streets of the town. The Vermilion Flycatchers stayed mostly in the large cottonwood trees but did not seem to be breeding yet. March 29. Stayed in camp all day. O.W. Howard collected two sets of Albert's Towhee and three of Cactus Wrens, and Will took two sets of Albert's Towhee one of Cactus Wrens and one of Roadrunner. He shot an Inca Dove and a Wilson's Snipe and Rising shot an Albert's Towhee. March 30. Remained in camp all day waiting for our mail. Howard, Will, and Rising each took a set of Inca Doves and Rising shot an Albert's Towhee. March 31. Howard took two, and Will one set of Inca Doves, and Will took a set of three eggs of Albert's Towhee. Will also caught two new butterflies. April 1. Hill and Howard went out together and Rising and I stayed in camp. Hill collected one set of two, one of four and three of three eggs of Albert's Towhee, and Howard took three sets of two and one of three of the same. They saw a large flock of male Yellow-headed Blackbirds, two pairs of Burrowing Owls, and a great many Inca Doves and Albert's Towhees; also what they thought was a Zone-tailed Hawk. A Sharp-shinned Hawk flew past the camp but we did not shoot it, and a Shrike flew off with an Intermediate Sparrow but a short distance