Arizona field notes, v4429
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fifteen feet from the trunk and twenty-five from the ground. They shot a Redstart, a Bridled Tit and a Bouvard's Sparrow. They then went down the canon, and shot a [illegible] Gnatcatcher, a Baird's Wren, and a Scott's Oriole and took a set of Spurred Towhee. July 17. Will and I went down to the mouth of the canon, and the others went over to Care Canon. We shot a Nutting's Flycatcher, a Scott's Oriole, and an Olivaceous Flycatcher. The others shot four Olivaceous Flycatchers, one Painted Redstart, two Bridled Chickadees, and a pair of Hepatica Tanagers. In the afternoon Will went up to a nest of the Sulphur-bellied Flycatchers, that he had found near the camp. He got a set of three eggs, and shot both birds. The nest was in a hole in a dead sycamore limb about 30 feet from the ground. The nest was composed almost entirely of the stems of maple leaves, and was entirely without lining. July 18. Today we stayed in camp packing up, as we leave tomorrow. Howard went down to the valley after some cactus. July 19. We finished packing in the morning, and York came for us about noon. We drove over to the Fort where we saw Boaltwick. The photographs were not yet finished, but we got the plate of the camp. We then drove on to