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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Transcription
The nests were placed on
Top of The tube stacks and
were about 4 feet above The
waler -
Cared Grebe
San Francisco June 8th
Nests placed in small
tiles about a foot high
which surrounded The west
end of The Cake and extended
out a quarter of a mile from
shore nests made These
small tiles and stalling -
Made in form by a 6 Oddered
star. Nest on outer edge
of these tiles - waler 1/4 deep.
N.B. 6 sets out of 10 are catalogized - others are
not because they contain broken egg -
Catalogued sets bear dig. marks as
follows: 2/4, 4/4, 9/4, 4 3/4, 4 3/4, 4 4/4, 53
(212-218 menu.mrs.)
M.W. 3/9/28