Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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Nettium formosum. The males give a call which sounds like somebody working and old rusty hand pump over a well. April 16, 1911. The females and males both call; that [illegible] being very harsh and raucous. No sign of moult yet. April 23, 1911. Note in the two females that there are a few fine fresh looking feathers in the back and flanks among the old worn ones. The feathers of the head in each look worn.