Field notes, v510
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Behle 1934 Berkeley, California, MVZ - UC. Aug 6 6 mi W. Oroville, Butte co., Calif: which are in molt. Tail, outer 3 old, rest new. This specimen as are previously drawn shows well the feather replacement of back 7im 496 Otocoris alpestri rubea 26.4 Juvenal. Primary 9,8,7 old, 6 1/3 grown, 5,4,3, 2,1 new. Secondary No 1 is 1/2 grown, 2,3,4,5,6 old, 7 old, 8 starting, 9 new. Tertials old + scapulars old. Rest can be seen from study skin. Sim 497 Otocoris alpestri rubea 31.5g. Primary 9,8 old, 7 coming in, all rest new. Secondary. No 1 new, 2 nearly full grown, 3 starting, 4,5,6, old, 7 1/2 grown, 8+9 new. Sim 498 Otocoris alpestri rubea 33.7g. Once again conclusive evidence of the complete post juvenal molt. Primary No 9 a papillae, 8 1/5 grown, rest new. Secondary Nos 1,2,3 new. 4 pulling out of sheath, 5,6 old, 7,8,9 new. The tertians new. Outer tail feather unfurling from sheath. Few head+neck feathers are old or molting. This is the 1st bird I have come across with molt nearly complete yet showing immature scale