Arizona field notes, v4429
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Violet-green Swallows. June 5. Rising was the only one who went collecting today. He found two nests of Red-faced Warbler, one of Arizona Junco, and found two Painted Redstarts, each containing young but got no eggs and shot no birds. The rest of us stayed in camp, skinning birds and blowing eggs. June 6. Will and Howard went to the Fort and Rising went over the divide to the other slope of the mountains. Will and Howard brought back eight sets of White-necked Raven, one of Swainson's Hawk, and one of Vermilion Flycatcher. They shot three Arizona Woodpeckers, two of them immature, a Vermilion Flycatcher, and an Ariz. Goldfinch. Rising shot a Stephen's Whip-poor-will, and a male Red-tailed Hummingbird. On the other side of the divide most of the timber is pine, and he saw few birds but Cow's Flycatcher, a few Band-tailed Pipits, and some Long-crested Jays, of which he found two nests that he could not get at. He also found a nest of Cow's Flycatcher. June 7. Rising, Howard and Will went up the canyo, while I stayed in camp and skinned birds. Rising went up a tree to secure a Wren's nest that he thought he had located, but in chopping into it, he was surprised to find a Flammulated Screech Owl setting on two badly incubated eggs. Howard and Will took a set of Plumbeous Vireos, the nest