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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Molothrus ater
11 April Pinto Basin, 1,700 ft., Riverside Co., Calif.
at 7: a.m. a ? lighted in a crevice hard 35 yds. W. of camp - hopped down lush & 2 ft. of the ground and sang its girling song, spread wings slightly & head up - saw display. Shot at it but missed flew off.