Field notes, v567
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Cogswell 1949 Cutanica amoenus (2 mi NNW) Sep. 6 Red Mtn., 5300 ft, 14 mi S Hayford, Trinity Co., Calif [illegible] Caught 1 in a "museum special" trap set on needle litter near a small hole in ground at the base of a 20 ft. high Pinus jeffreyi. The edge of a rather open manganita bush was a few feet away upslope and scattered Barry oaks (tree & shrubs) and pines downslope. The species seems to be common in the open pine forest near here, one is seen repeatedly about a big log & snag near the spring by our camp - in white fir (abies concolor) and [illegible] pine forest. Its call note, corresponding to the one described for E. sonomae on Sep. 3-4, seems somewhat lower pitched and less staccato than that species. The specimen collected (#113) had 2 pine nuts in each cheek pouch and 1 in its mouth. Sep. 8 S. Dubahella Mtn., 5600 ft, 12 mi S Hayford, Trinity Co., Cal. (9:10 a.m.) I can see one of this species atop a 6 ft. high rock outcrop downslope from me as it scolds me. It is just above the zone of manganita brush at the border of white fir-jeffrey pine forest on a N-facing slope. Its calls a steady series of sharp "chips", considerably lower pitched than those of E. sonomae, the notes being sounded at its rate of 4 or 5 per second. Distinctly bearded ears, bright colors of back sides, and brown tips of tail hairs seen. Cf. also notes on E. sonomae [illegible]