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harsh saw-filing notes most
of the time.
May-31. Two Western Winter Wren
seen and one killed.
Read today that Partridges
do not pair off in some places
in a dry year? I think this
is partially exemplified here
(Redwood) this year and, if
report be true, fully so in
the Salinas valley.
Heard the song of a Calif-
ornia Towhee for the first
time to recognize the per-
former. I have heard it
before I think but is not
often to be heard. Probably
only occasionally during
the nesting season.
It can hardly be consider-
ed musical but never-the-less
it is an attempt at song.
The bird was seated first
in a willow and then in a
sycamore tree several feet from