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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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-1895-
1.) 12/17/1894. Cal. Brown Towhee? in
sawed off limb where sprouts had grown &
supported nest. Outside row of R.D. Grinn-
ings. & opposite plum tree or ivy hedge.
No room left in 1894, so put it in 1895.
2.) 3/3 old nest: probably Cal. Towhee.
in a clump of poison oak growing
15 ft. from road, on a bare bank,
this side Lafayette on Fish Ranch
Road. No leaves on these bushes yet.
3.) 3/3 Probably West. Red-tail.
20 ft. up near top of oak on hill
55 yds. from road outside of Moses
Ranch gate. Constructed of sticks
& twigs with dead leaves of white
oak. Saw no birds around & threw
clods into it. 4/12 empty. Shot revolver into it.
4.) 3/3 Cal. Bush Tit just finished
15 ft. up in oak near N. fenced pas-
ture, a little East of ending of briar
beginning on reclining oak. 4/14
same condition. 4/27 2 eggs; thought I Baltimore;
½ or would have let nest remain.