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Behle
1933.
Mad River Ford, 2700 ft. above Rush, Trinity Co. Calif.
May 24.
of junco, a pair of robins, a
pair of Flicker and lown down
in the distance a canadaian
muthatch was heard. a little
previously two Turkey vultures
had been seen and three
black-tail deer all probably &
some no horn buds were in
evidence . They were about a 100
yards away and slowly ran
away.
At 5400 ft. the slope opened
up considerably into open areas
with growth of chaparral scattered
about. This was probably the
beginning of Canadian zone. Two
thin lines of white fir extended
further up. Practically all of this
stretch from here to the top was
covered with banks of snow some
feet deep and covering for the
most part the bushes ! There were
patches of chinquapin, a form
of ceanthus called snow brush,
a variety of manzanita and
some patches of what I thought
were Birch and Alder in the
bottoms of shallow drains. Also