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1941
of three or four small twigs at the junction
of these twigs and the branch and the
stems of the mistletoe meet through the
cup of the nest. The nest was quite closely
felled and covered with fuzzy lichens. It
was quite a deep cup. We did not hear
any calls or song. One Channingpelea,
we saw had a very short tail. It was
not seen near this nest and must
have belonged to another pair a little farther
up stream. We saw it also at a barn across
the road. A little farther still was another
pair. So I feel sure there were three
pairs at least, possibly or rather probably
more.
Knightsbirds were very scarce and did
not seem to be concerned with mates
or nesting. Only two Western K. were seen.
Blue Ash-throated Flycatcher was heard,
near the P.'s nest and across the
dream near another barn we saw
a Say Phoebe. It was seen repeatedly
flying from the fence to a shed. I felt
pretty sure it had a mate and it was
building somewhere about the shed
but we could not get across to it. It
alighted also on a pipe which runs from
a pump near the stream to the top of the
bluff near the shed. I have never before
seen it in Arroyo Mucho though it does
nest at Corrall Hollows and Nortonville.