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was about all. I saw
what I took to be a
cassick like the one from
Somonate but could not get it.
"Van" and I climbed the
ridge and found bird
life scarce except for a
pair of one-tailed Sawbhs
in the thick Timber. Van
get me bird. They have a rather
thigh clear whistle for a
hawk their size.
Little else of August except
a Texas Kimpeter and a
new Vanager brought in by Dad
Aug 6. Thu.
The canyon back of the Cornfield
was our job today in as much
as the new car is not yet
made.
I heard another one of the
long billed out Urews and
shot a Black Cassick in
the thick brush. I also found
that the winterial Bellflor
is much less shy here than
at Somonate.
As "Dad" and "Van" passed
the monkey kill of 3 days
go they came into three
living vultures - an old pair