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Borelware, JT
1941
Selasphorus alleni
(Allen Hummingbird)
May 18 Russian Gulch, Mendocino Co., Calif.
9:15 AM Flat on top hill just north of camp. Pygmy forest.
Bird darting in and out of Cupressus pygmaea
branches. Took a spear at an insect. Seemed to
be picking at something on ends of branches on
its inward darts. Flicks tail. Rusty and green
coloration very sheeny in sunshine.