Bird and shooting notes, v4473
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-1895- from oak s. of engine house forming a fork 25 ft. from ground. two feet below this fork, in the live liveb, is a split # showing up - breaking two or three feet long and just large enough to allow bird to enter. 320) 6/31 Val. Part. 10 eggs. 6/1 H eggs. 6/4 same. Duplic. of #310. 320) 6/2 R.-b. Thrush not quite finished. 8 ft up in briars of hither quail oak. 6/8 deserted 321) 6/8 S. Towhee. 3 eggs. 1, largest & longest I ever saw. other two usual size & 1 added. 2 nearly hatched. 9 or oft up (in s. side of oak) in briars, behind Smiths hen yard. Thits same pair as #231-2, 1895. 3/95 Soaked 2 322) 6/8 S. Towhee ? Val. Part. 4 Towhee L I R. P., incubation about 3 or 4 days. under briars s. of further quail oak. Fleshy bird. Thick foundation of dead blackberry leaves. Eggs resemble those of #263 taken close by 5/26.