Banks 1954 2. Lenv. 17. June 8 Coyote Leap, 3000 ft., Hazelholt Co., Caly. (contd.) There is a fairly sizable but scattered population here. They are restricted to the burned-logged area (See Journal). Yesterday on my way here, heard birds at the little bald spot about 2 mi ENE of here. The bald spots here at Coyote have no sparrows - they are around the sprouting clumps of Tan Oak + Maple in the burned area, and make extensive use of the dead snag tops for singing perches. June 9 #476 was one of several birds singing antiphonically. All this group have a pre-introductory note, so the song goes like: - = = = . Shot another bird, which was almost in a "flock", at least very close by several others, but it lodged in a tree + I could not get it. 477 is quite removed from others. One bird was foraging in the grass, + it chippingly led me toward another, which I got; 477 had insects in mouth, brood patch. All these birds are extremely wary, hard to get close to, to shoot. 478 - probably mate of 477 - shot very close, but several minutes later. When leaving this area heard a White-crowned at about Dolson Hill prairie (same map) + assume they are spread throughout this bald hills area.