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Cogswell
1949
Empidonax hammondii
Vireo solitarius -2-
Aug. 22 7:30 mi. W.
Schoolhouse Peak, 2300 ft., Humboldt
10:30 a.m. Ca. Calif. I found two Empidonax flycatchers
foraging from the larger branches or bare twigs
under the canopy of the barry oaks here
on a steep SW. facing slope quite close to the
edge of a large grassy "prairie". One was
collected as it flew to a perch in a low oak
at the margin of the woodland. It seems
to be this species (= #50). Neither bird was
heard to utter a note; they are presumably mis-
giants, or at least not in their nesting area.
- Nov. 7- This specimen turns out to be
a Vireo!! - Vireo solitarius.
The other individual seen behaved
so much like a flycatcher that I
still believe it was but this bird
was shot so soon after I saw it
alight in the twigs that I did not
have time to check on its behavior
— but merely assumed, unwisely,
that they were the same.