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more oaks to breed in, while the Long-eared, go higher up in the
pines.
June 2. Will and myself went up the Canon to the divide. We found a
set of Ariz. Junco, and one of Western House Wren. Shot a
female Ariz. Woodpecker, and an Hepatic Tanager. The Tanager
was in the greenish-yellow plumage of its female, but on dissecting
turned out to be a male. As this bird was not hatched this year,
this would seem to show that they take more than one year in getting
their full plumage.
White-throated Swifts were, as usual, very numerous on the
divide, and flying low. We saw no Lincoln's Finches nor have
we seen any for some time. The Green-tailed Towhees seem to have
disappeared also.
Howald went collecting down in the valley. He brought back
a set of hawk's eggs that he found on May 29th, but did not succeed
in getting the bird. He also took four sets of White-necked
Raven, and one of Say's Phoebe. The Say's Phoebe's nest was built
on a shelf in a deserted adobe house. Most of the Raven nests
had pieces of gunny sack or rope in the lining.
June 3. We all stayed in camp and no collecting was done. I skinned
birds in the morning and the others blew eggs. In the afternoon walks
up to the spring; I saw just one Pigeon, but could not get a shot at it.
In the morning Will found a nest of Cassin's Kingbird in a tree