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Cogswell
1950
Passer domesticus
June 19 Truckee Nevada to Calif - 1 pr. at R.R. Station.
June 25 Sierra Valley, 4900 ft., Sierra to Plumas Co., Calif common in Sierraville & at ranch buildings well scattered thru open grassland & sagebrush thence N to Beckworth & Vinton.
June 27 vicinity of Reno & vicinity, S to Steamboat Springs
July 12 and Pleasant Valley Washoe Co., Nevada - common
July 36 in town & all along highway thru ranch district.
July 24 Truckee, 5820 ft. Nevada to Calif - flock of about 10 noted flying up to store fronts across street from R.R. Station. This town, some 7 1/2 mi E of Donner Pass is the closest point to that mountain barrier at which I have noted the species on the east. None have been seen between here and Verdi, Nevada; and none along Highway 40 in the conifer belt on the W side of the Sierra,