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Cogswell
1949
Entanias townsendi.
2
Aug 8-19 Big Lagoon Humboldt Co. Calif. (SUMMARY)
Very common in the tall herb & shrubs of the 3-year-old burn; somewhat less so in adjacent riparian -> Sequoia older woodland areas & in stubble near the lagoon.
Aug 21 French Camp, 3200 ft., Humboldt Co. Calif. I collected one as it sat on branch of dead Douglas fir on ridge top bordering tanoak oak - chinquapin brushland and grass & bracken slope. It was eating a large gooseberry at the time, which was found to be a half sphere, hollowed out from the end opposite the pedicel & containing only 3' remaining
seeds.
Sep 8 B. Dubahella mtn., 5600 ft., 12 mi. S Hayfork, Dinity Co.
(9:10 a.m.) Calif. I can see one of this species on the lower part of the trunk of a white fir (abies concolor) at the border of the forest on a N-facing slope. It is 30 yards or so farther down the slope from me than the E. amoenus (whitewire). Both are scolding me steadily; but the call notes of this one are lower pitched and given at the rate of 2 per second or very slightly faster. The tail jerks laterally at every call (the animal is clinging head downward on the trunk. Its dull coloration on back & sides and large size were observed distinctly, and compared directly with E. amoenus.