Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
1 fever plumagrd (adult) toh cypress s. of
Δ lilac bed, also hit 1 on fly. Saw lots
of quail fivers btws. Tennis & Row oak
some arizonas among them.
Sept.17. Palomares Canon 6. a.m.
Geo. Lewis got 1 quail. (young) 6 shot
I fired 2 1missed, up canons
later on n. side. flushed a small
band that ran across road & got 2
shot 1 no birds. Much scarcer than
1st yr. Shot at a rabbit in a gully
from hie & he jumped as I pulled
trigger. Hit 1 later & lost him.
Shot at a blackish or slate blue
bird about size of a lark that
kept concealed (Gal Thrasher?)
like a mocker. Travel 1 mor.
Saw barn owl & road runner
feathers. Also a big owl prob-
ably Short-eared with 1 strab.
it! A red tail on a dead tree
as I came across a hie top.
Fired at 2 more quail & lost
both. Can't hit anything. Got