Field notes, v510
Page 417
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Transcription
Behle 1934. Fort Klamath, Klamath co., Oregon Aug. 19 Returned to Fort Klamath, searched more fields. We were told the only open land within horseback distance in a day was around Chloquim or the Indian reservation so we drove out there. Here again I walked thru bush covered fields, open fields looking for Horned Larks. All the birds seen were Green tailed Towhees, Juncos, House Finches and several Magpies. Fort Klamath has been homesteaded and cultivated to a small extent but mostly converted to grazing since the early soldier days. Thus as some areas around where Horned Larks might possibly have been obtained, where they might breed. The population can not and could not have been very great in the region. Possibly if any Larks bred there the post breeding season wandering has taken them elsewhere. The type specimens as I say might have come from the immediate vicinity or they may have come from 100 miles distant. The birds undoubtedly made long excursions since one party visited Crater Lake.