Arizona field notes, v4429
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but not many. On the way down the canon we killed a peculiar looking rattlesnake. It was only about eighteen inches long, and was of a dirty gray color with small, oblong black spots along the back. When we got back to camp we found that Will had put up a Band-tailed Pigeon, an Arizona Woodpecker, and a Shov- lar. May 21. Will and Rising went out collecting, and Howard and myself stayed in camp. I skinned the birds that we killed yesterday, and packed a number of other skins for shipment. Then I helped Howard with an Arbor that he was building over the table. The others killed a Poor Will and a Buff-breasted Flycatcher, and took a set of Painted Redstart with the parent birds. May 22. In the morning Will and Rising went up the canon, while Howard and I remained in camp. They returned with a set of Painted Redstart with the male bird, a pair of Arizona Junos, and a male Coste's Hummingbird. They jumped three deer and killed one apiece, letting the third go, although they could easily have shot it. In the morning after skinning some birds, I walked up to the spring with the shotgun. There was a flock of Pigeons there and I managed to get one of them. I also saw a pair of Stephens Whippoorwill but did not get a shot at them. In the afternoon Howard and myself went over to Brown's Canon, to collect a set of Bridled Tits, that he found on