Field notes, v567
Page 597
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Cogswell 1949 Cutaneus sonomae 3 Sep. 9 (2Y mi NW Red Butte, 5300 ft., 14+ mi. S Hayfork, Trinity Co., Calif.) (cont) of high pitched mellow “pook” or “took” notes – about 1 note every ½ second. This was about with binoculars 25 yards from me. After checking to make sure of the species (since many C. amoenus were also around) I shot it. A few minutes later one came out on the open forest floor, giving the high- pitched “tchik” or “tsset” series described on Sep 3-4. It eventually ran onto the same log where the C. amoenus (see that sp. acc.) was sitting; I had an excellent opportunity to compare them both of 9x binoculars in the field of vision at once. This one is much larger; the gray tips to the lateral tail hairs and a tannish area on the shoulders show up well as field marks. If the proper angle of view can be had, the brownish anterior meral surface of the ear fading into whitish posteriorly can also be noted [of C. amoenus]