Field notes: Catalogue, journal, and species accounts, v507

Banks, Richard C.
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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from CLIR https://archive.org/details/fieldnotescatalo00bank
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CONTENTS Field Notes 1958 Catalogue nos. 276-378 Journal Species Accounts - Birds Field Notes 1959 Catalogue nos. 379-714 Journal Species Accounts Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals
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Field Notes 1960 Miscellaneous U.S. Localities Catalogue nos. 715-847, 905-908 Journal Species Accounts Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals Baja California, Mexico Catalogue nos. 848-904 Journal
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Species Accounts Birds Mammals Field Notes 1961 Catalogue nos. 909-928 Journal Species Accounts - Birds
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Banks, R.C. 1958 Catalogue nos. 276-378
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Banks 1958 Catalog 20 Feb. 1958 Corral Hollow, Castle Rock, ft., San Joaquin Co., Calif. 276. & Sayornis saya ad. T. 7mm., notat 22,6 gm. Corral Hollow, ft., Alameda Co., Calif. 277. & Junco oreganus ad tes 1 mm. tat 18,9 gm. 8 Feb. 1958 2214 Haste St., Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. slight 278. & ? Junco oreganus ad pick-up 18,3 gm. fat.
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2. Catalog 29 March. 25 road miles W Needles, on Rt. US 66. San Bernardino Co., Caly. 279 lizard 280 tortoise shell. Colorado River, opp. Ft. Mohave, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada 29 March 281 ♀ Myiarchus cinereascens ad. ova (mm.). 27.5gm. 30 March 282 ♀ Peromyscus boylei 197-99-21-20 30.6gm. no embryos 283, ♀ " maniculatus 158-68-20-18 - 26.4gm. Tos 9x6mm. 284 ♂ " " 163-71-20-18 26.6gm. no embryos 285 ♀ " boylei 199-100-20-19 - 27.7gm. 286 ♀ Verm. Thys ad. 12.1gm., Tos. 7x4mm. 287, ♀ " " 16.3gm., Ova to 2mm. 288 Centurus europygialis 70.0gm. See species accet. 25 road miles W Needles, on US. 66. San Bernardino Co., Caly. 29 March 12.1gm. shot 29ma. 289, ♂ Amphisizza bilineata Tos. 4mm. put up 30ma. Colorado River, opp. Ft. Mohave 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada 30 March 290 ♀ Perognathus no emb. 188-100-23-9 18.9gm. Tos 8x5mm. 291, ♂ " 199-116-25-10 27.4gm. 31 March 292 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus 176-78-20-19 25.5gm. no emb. 293, ♀ " boylei 158-77-19-14 14.0gm. Tos 8x4mm. 294 ♂ Perognathus 186-99-22-9 21.6gm. 295, ♂ Auriparus flviceps 6.1gm., Tos. 4mm. 296, ♂ Dendrocopos scalaris 33.4gm., Tos. 6mm. 297, ♂ Dendroica auduboni 12.1gm., Tos. 2mm., very fat. 298 ♂ Thyromanes bewickii 9.9gm., Tos. 5x3mm.
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Catalog Colorado River, opp. Ft. Mohave, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada March 31 299♀ Myiarchus cinerascens 24.8 gm. ovary large. 300♂ " " 29.7 gm. Ttes. 10x5mm. Ttes. 10x7mm. 301♂ Peromyscus boylei 208-110-20-20 28.2 gm. April 302♀ Peromyscus boylei tail 8mm., tals. 5mm. + lightly 189-94-20-21 25.0gm. Ttes. 8mm. 303♂ " " 186-94-20-20 24.8gm. no fat - heavy molt, 304♂ Dendroica auduboni 11.3gm., Ttes. 2x1mm. very fat, 305♀ Tachycineta thalassina 18.3gm. tes, 2mm. Snyder Ranch, 1½ mi. W Colorado River, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada April 1 306♂ Passerculus sandwichensis 19.5 gm. slight fat. Ttes. 2mm. 307♀ Aphelocoma coerulescens 66.5gm., ovary inactive. 308♂ Vermivora luciae 7.3 gm. Ttes. 5mm. 309♂ Toxostoma dorsale 62.9 gm. Ttes. 8mm. Fur ear 80 hind feet 88 Ttes. + x 1½ x ¾ in. 310♂ rabbit April 2 311♀ Pyrocephalus rubinus 13.4gm., Ttes. 7x4mm. 1mi. W Snyder Ranch, 600ft., Clark Co., Nevada 312♂ Salpinctes obsoletus in desert 18.5gm. Tes. 6x4mm. ½ mi. W Snyder Ranch, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada April 3 Tes. 7x4 313♀ Perognathus 191-102-25-10 30.8gm. 314♂ Auriparus flaviceps 6.6 gm. Ttes 4mm. 315♀ Regulus calendula 6.1 gm. ov. inactive. 316♂ Centurus uropygialis 75.5 gm. Ttes. 6x5mm. 317♀ Dendrocopos scalaris 35.1gm., ova to Ssm.
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Barbara 1958 Catalog Calf Var. Line, .2 mi W, 1mi S Snyder Ranch, Clark Co, Nevada April 4 318 ♀ Neotoma 319 ♀ Peromyscus 320 ♂ 321 ♂ Vireo belli: 322 ♂ " " 323 ♂ Myiarchus cineraceus 324 ♀ Geococcyx californianus 325 ♂ Centurus uropygialis April 5 326 ♀ Dipodomys 327 ♂ Peromyscus 328 ♀ Lophortyx gambelli: 329. whip-tail San Pablo Dam Road, Contra Costa Co, Calf. April 19, 1958 330. ♂ Petrochelidon pyrrhonota wings only enlarged testes mudon hill - found dead on road - another normal bird foundstone time; right primaries extremely short. Boleaga Bay . . . elar sea level, Sonoma Co, Calf. May 3, 1958 Brood Patch 331 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.2gm. ora 6.2mm. a little fat on back. 332 ♂ " " " " 31.2gm. test. 10mm. Bolinas, sea level, Marin Co, Calf. June 15, 1958 333 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 32.2gm. Test. 10mm.
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Bahr 1958 Catalog 5. 1mi. N Bolinas, sea level, Marin Co., Calif. June 17, 1958 334. ♂ Melospiza melodia 19.5 gm. Tcs. 10mm. June 20, 1958 ½ mi. NW Bolinas, 160±ft, Marin Co., Calif., slight fat. 335 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.8 gm. Tcs. 9mm. 1¼mi. WW Bolinas, 200± Marin Co., Calif., 336 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 30.1 gm. Tcs. 7x6mm. slight fat June 21, 1958 2¼mi. WW Bolinas, 200± Marin Co., Calif. Tcs. 11x6mm. 337 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.2gm. 1½y. June 22, 1958 1¼mi. WW Bolinas, 200±ft., Marin Co., Calif. 338 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.9 gm. Tcs. 12mm. 339 ♂ ' ' ' 28.9gm. Tcs. 11mm. June 24, 1958 1½ mi. W Bolinas, 160±ft., Marin Co., Calif. states small 340. ♂ Melospiza melodia, 18.4 gm. Skull unsifield. June 29, 1958 2mi. NW Bolinas, 250±ft., Marin Co., Calif. 341. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys. 29.0gm. Tcs. 9x6mm. 342. ♀ ' ' ' 29.0 gm. blood patch 343. ♀ ' ' ' 23.1 gm. ovary +oviduct small blood patch - canopy foot. 344. ♂ ' ' ' 30.7gm. Tcs. 10x6mm. July 9, 1958 2mi. W Bolinas, 120±ft., Marin Co., Calif. 345 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.7 gm. ovary small.
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Banks 1958 Catalog 6. 2 mi. W Bolinas, sea level, Marin Co., Calif. July 12, 1958 346 & Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.3 gm. to 3 mm. 1/2 mi NW Bolinas, 160 +/- ft., Marin Co., Calif. July 19, 1958 347, & Zonotrichia leucophrys, 28.3 gm. Tes. large. 2 mi W Bolinas, 100+/- ft., Marin Co., Calif. July 22, 1958 348 & Zonotrichia leucophrys, 27.2 gm. very small good land path. August 6, 1958 Mosquito Lakes, 8000 ft., 2 mi. W Lookout Peak, Alameda, Calif. 349. Panca muscosa 350. & Gatchellus Extamus 7 228-91-39-21 68.4 gm. test minute 351. & Sitta carolinensis 17.5 gm. skull ossified! Tes. 1/2 mm. 352. & Sphyrapicus thyridens 50.8 gm. skull ossified! 353. & " " 46.1 gm. 354 Dendroica auruboni 11.5 gm. very fat - was 355 & Loxia curvirostra 30.4 gm Tes. 5 mm x 3 molt very fat 356 & " " 34.0 gm. Tes. 4 mm round 357 & Junco aegaeus 15.3 gm. Ad skull. double shell tes. 358. & Myadestes townsendi 32.5 gm. not fat 4+2m. Ad shell slight fat. 359. & Hylorchla guttata 26.7 gm. Tes 3mm. molt. 360. & Pono gambelli 11.0 gm. Tes small skull ossified! Big Meadows, 6500 ft., Calaveras Co., Calif. 361. o? Dendroica occidentalis 9.0 gm. Ad. ossified shell 362. & Oporornis 9.7 gm. heavy molt. 9.2 mi W Altaville on Rt.4, Calaveras Co., Calif. 363. & Tadarida 98-34-11-19 16.66gm. Int. no
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Catalog. San Diego Zoological Gardens Found dead May 13, 1958 364. ♀ Leterus bullochii - 21.9 gm. - stained, died May 10, 1958 365. ?? Platycerus elegans, very fat. Died May 21, 1958 366 ♂? Fringilla montifringilla emaciated ad.sh. sawed off by plan; Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. May 19, 1958 found dying 367. ♂ Hyloichla ustulata Tes. 3mm. Ed. sh. Vofat. 1 mi. N, 2 mi E Martinez, salt Marsh, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Sept. 18, 1958 no embryos 368 ♀ Sorex 92-35-11-5 3.7gm. tes. 5mm. 369 ♂ Reithrodontomyus nevadensis 178-99-18-14 12.0 gm. tes. 5 mm. 370 ♂ " " " 164-94-17-14 10.7gm. tes. 1mm. 371 ♂ T.elmatisytes palustris 10.3 gm. imm shell 372 ♀ Geothlypis trichas 8.6 gm. imm shell to. 1 mm 373 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 22.8 gm. imm sh. 374 ♀? Melospiza melodia 21.1 gm. ad.sh. 375 ♂ " " " 19.7 gm. imm sh. Oct. 26, 1958 17 mi W Junction, Kimble Co., Texas 376 ♀ Muscivora forcata Tes. 2 mm. Fat still emaciated. Nov. 22 1958 U.C Campus, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. found dead by France Carter 10.1 gm. 377 ♂ Dendroica townsendi Tes. 1 mm. slight fat; well nourished.
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Banks 1958 Catalog Madena Camp Mound, Madena Canon, Santa Rita Mt., Feb. 3, 1958 Ariz. SKEL. captive; TOS. 15mm. 87.2 gm. 378 ♀ Aphelocona ultra marina coll. d.L.Brown. - prep. Nov. 29.
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Banks, R. C. 1958 Journal
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Barks 1958 Journal a. 5 Feb, 1958 Reel Rock Island, San Francisco Bay, Cal. Visited here with Paul Anderson, who is studying the salamanders of this & other bay islands. Today is cloudy and slightly windy. This island is small, but very steep rather high, the only birds seen on the island were 2 Sturnisola leucophrys and Melospiza melodia. On the way to the island saw Western Gull & Bonaparte Gulls, and a flight of 10 Cormorants. At the dock just while waiting for the boat saw American and Surf Scoters, Puddly Duck, American Wigeon, Am. Goldfinch, and also arrived to dock saw Scamp & Camarhack. Arrived at island about 9:30, stayed till 11:00. Found Cormorant skull on shore. Island is completely covered with vegetation except steep slopes. Achillea, lilies, Baccharis, cummin rose lots of grass, and 'pea vine'. While walking the beach saw an Artist's mucalaria. Found a dead gull, art. plumage, good shape. See sp. acct. Also found a synonym of something. Found a badly decomposed bird, looks like a gull. Saved what was left of skull (looks), humerus, coracoid and a primary. With this bird was part of a cormorant(?) skull. See late notes for identification of these things.
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Banks 1958 Journal p. Babe 1958 Journal 2 5 Feb. 1958* Brooks Island San Francisco Bay, Calif. After leaving Red Rock came here. Arrived about 1200, stayed until 1430. Here I spent all my time working in the Indian shell mound deposits. Dug out many fragments of bird bones, also some fish vertebrae and part of a sea otter skull. Paul dug out some human remains and artifacts. Along the edge of the mound the tide is washing things away, and many bones are just lying among the shells that make up the beach line. Saw in the bay horned geese, Bufflehead.
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Banks 1758 Journal 29 March Trip to Colorado River, Clark Co., Nevada, with Ned Johnson. Ned and I left Berkeley at 9 PM Mar. 28, via Rts. 99, 466, +66 to Needles. Drove all night, stopping for coffee + gas several places. At dawn on Mar. 29 we were in vicinity of Barstow, where we had breakfast a little after 6 A.M. Several times during the morning we stopped to see the wild flowers blooming in the desert. The blooms were beautiful, with shades of yellows + purples predominating. Many composites, many with tubular corollas. 25road ni W. Needles, on Rt. 66, San Bernardino Co., Calif. This was one of our stops, and we took a walk for 45-60 min. in the desert. Ned + I each got a Desert Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) and I shot a lizard (#279) and found part of the shell of a tortoise (#280). Other birds in the area were: Roadrunner, Mockingbird, Turkey Vulture. Colorado River, opp. F-T Mohave Scatf., Clark Co., Nevada Drove to the river along a road (?) barely the width of the car, lined on both sides with 6-ft. high Arrow-weed. The entire bottomland here is one big thicket of this brush, with Poplars spotted around and much Willow. At least 2 horses and some cattle are in the area and have made trails thru the brush. We camped in a clearing right at the river, where
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Journal 29 March Colorado River, pp. Ft. Mohave, 530 ft., Clark Co., Nevada. The bank is about 5 ft. high. The river is clear, fast, and apparently deep. After establishing camp we took a nap to recover from our all-night drive. Set up around 4 p.m.. I shot a Myiarchus cinerascens in camp. Ned + I each set 20 traps (10 man. spe. +10 rat traps) and had supper at 5. Tried to hunt bats, but no bats; heard some later. Also tried to run down a Bubo virginianus, without success. Then came and wrote notes. Very cold this evening.
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Journal Mar. 30 Colorado River, off Ft. Mohave, 500+ft, Clark Co., Nevada My traps this morning had 4 Peromyscus, 2 leylai and 2 apparent maniculatus. One of each species had a lot of hair gone on the rump and tail. Out to shoot birds by 7AM. Things were slow. Finally got a ? Pipruchaphus rufulus and later a ?, both out of cottonwood. Also got a Centurus wrappialis from a cottonwood snag. Put up birds shot yesterday and today, other species seen today were: Melopiza melodica, Thyromanes lenisii, Veninora luciae, Myiarchus cinereascens, Amipans floricops, Pendrocopes sealis, Pipilo aleri, Ardea herodias, and Cormorants, Gulls, and An. egret, the latter also seen yesterday. Also Cottontails ana. Just before dark set a few more traps around camp, and very shortly had a Perognathus near a hole in the sandy soil, near the river. Warmer tonight than last, and we saw a couple rats in camp. It's been a beautiful day, with just enough breeze to keep the mosquitoes away + keep it comfortably warm. By 8:45 caught the second Perognathus, a ?, outside the same hole as the other. Mar.31 Had one Perognathus, 1 Peromyscus maniculatus and one Peromyscus both leylai. Out hunting by 7:30. First shot a Myiarchus out of cottonwood, later a Pendrocopes sealis and a Vervivica andulini also out of cotton-woods. Shot an Amipans from a mesquite. Finally, after a long chase through the brush,
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Journal Mar. 31 Colorado River, opp. Ft. Mohave, 500 ft., Clark G., Nevada Got a singing [illegible] These animals run 292-294. After shining all day had some extra try - shot a Myiarchus in camp. Just after dark got a Pompsus boyleri in a trap in camp. During the day missed a long shot at a thrasher, probably Cincal; Red got one. It got very cloudy late in the afternoon, and sprinkled rain just after dark. Bewick Wrens are fairly common, many singing in the area. Some of them sound remarkably like Say Sparrows, but the latter are heard only close to the river, the wrens farther back in drier brush. Gila Woodpeckers appear more common than the Ladder-back, but it may be because they are noisier. Verdins are very common, and there are many old nests around. The Myiarchus are around every cottonwood, and Vermilion flycatchers are common. The Andalus Wailles are going past in flocks up to 10, but the one I got was alone. A lot of Swallows were around all day, fewer in the p.m., looked like Cliff but I couldn't be sure. Saw a Black Phoebe, [illegible] Sauris nigricans just after getting up, and followed him up near but couldn't get a shot. Saw some Abet Towhee's early this morning but couldn't get a shot - very many kinds. Heard some Harlel Kwal about the same time, and a little later heard what was probably a Roadrunner, from Neel's imitation. A Horned Owl was singing from about
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5. Journal Mar.31 Colorado River, opp. Ft. Mohave, 500 ft., Clark Co., Nevada 4 P.M. till well after dark. A few Morning Doves have flown past about dusk every day here. No hawks at dusk, but some heard late. Red shot a Chordeiles antipannis just at dusk, only one seen. Saw a Sparrow Hawk in the morning, and a Turkey Vulture. The usual Gulls and Cormorants along the river, and a Great Blue Heron again early this morning. Apr.1 Very cloudy and cold this morning. Saw 3 Coots and 2 Eared Grebes in the river, early. Right after breakfast we broke camp, afraid of what the rain might do to the road. Just before we left I shot a mulleting Archilox Wabber, and got a Violet-green Swallow out of the air with my pistol. Had 2 Peromyscus boylei in the traps around camp. Left this camp about 7:30 A.M., and moved inland to the edge of the desert. This new locality we called Snyder Ranch, 500 ft., 1/2 mi. W Colorado River, Clark Co., Nev. Hunted up in the desert a while, then swung back into the mesquite brush at the edge of the flood plain. Very little in the desert; saw a Myiarchus, and shot a Savannah Sparrow. In dense Arrow-weed just at the edge of the desert saw a pair of Grissal Thrashers and three Scrub Jays. Shot one of the Jays. These were all in mesquite sticking above the Arrow-weed. Saw several Starbel Thrail in mesquite. Some Ruby-
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Bader 1958 Journal Smigler Ranch, soutt, 1/2 mil Glunch River Clark Co, Nevada Apr. 1 ranned Kiylets and Verdis also in a patch of mosquito at the desert edge. Down in the flush- plain shot a rabbit, which was infected with slow-fly type cysts, and a large "maggot" which I preserved. Saw Vermillion Flycatcher doing their courtship butterfly flight, and Ash-throated Flycatchers. Shot a Lucy Wabber out of a large willow, and then a Crisal Thrasher from a small tree in arrow-weed. Phainopepla's were abundant, and some Cedar Waxwings around. There were a lot of Andalus Wankles going past. While waiting for Ned to get back from hunting 2 bid the 2 mile, when he returned we moved camp back into the trees to get out of the wind - and it began to rain! All afternoon it sprinkled off and on, just enough to keep us from getting any- thing much done. I finished up the rabbit and Ned did his Wrightbank, and after supper we moved to the "Bat House," down the road a long ways. Here it was dry, at least, and we did some skins, working till about 9 P.M. Just before dark in the tree camp at Smigler Ned set 20 rat traps along a ditch, and I set 20 mus. sp. through the mosquito. There are a lot of holes all through this area, incl. badger holes. Set 4 rat traps in the Bat House, where there are no bats but lots of rat sign. (Much bat droppings.)
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Baha 1958 Journal Snyder Ranch, 500 ft. W of the W Colorado River, Clark G., Nevada Apr. 2 Tried this morning to get back to our camp in the trees, but got stuck in the mud. Walked in and picked up our traps, all empty. Put the birds we had left over from yesterday. Just before noon Mr. Snyder came by. In answer to several questions we found the following: No deer in area; there are White-winged Doves, but it is early for them; nothing that fits description of a cardinal; there is a hot cave nearby, and a lake (which we will try to get to); he has seen "white owls" occasionally, and there are long owls and screech owls; occasionally in the winter he has seen very small owls. In the afternoon walked for about an hour on the desert looking for lizards - not a sign of a reptile. There were a zillion grasshoppers and lots of Painted Lady Butter- flies, and many Audubon Warblers. Shot a Rock Wren at the top of a wide wash. While up in the desert I could hear amphibians calling in the willows. Finally found the place on the map as intermittent water, a shallow slough with Tamarisk growing in it. Lots of frogs (Spadefoot, I guess) but I couldn't get any. Saw some doves, and several Snipes. Ned was downstream a little where the water forms a small pond and got 2 Hyla regilla. About 5 P.M. we unstuck car and moved camp.
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Banks 1958 Journal 8. ½ mi NW Snyder Ranch, Swift, Clark Co., Nevada Apr. 2 I think me are finally settled down for the rest of the week, barring more bad weather. Veerda Screach Owl afternoons, but couldn't get to it. Went lat shooting, but again no lats, no poor-wills. I set about a dozen more traps in the area. We are not far from the desert, and not far from the pond. The immediate area is open [illegible] with a lot of fallen timber. Nearly every down tree has a hole under it. A Barn Owl flew over about 8 P.M. I put up the man tonight. Apr. 3 What a busy day today, in all respects. Bad! Perogryns [illegible] smashes kill and Perogrythms. We were out hunting by 6 A.M., but until 8 I had no birds. Couldn't get close to anything but Bandel Snail and Andulan Warblers. I hunted along the edge of the floodplain and desert, occasionally into a wash. A number of flocks of Violet-Green Swallows flew [illegible] and White- crowned Sparrows were common. The usual Ash-throated and Vermilia Flycatchers were present, and long and many Andulan Warblers. Cissal thrasher and Sunk Jay were in the Arrow-weed-Mesquite at the edge of the desert bluff. Heard a Roadrunner and saw afar Phainoplepas. In one wash saw a pair of Rock Whans and several Turkey Vultures. In a mesquite thicket found an Abat Towhee. It got
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Banks 1958 Journal \n\n1/2 mi NW Snyder Ranch, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada Apr. 3 extremely cold and windy and cloudy about 8 am and the kids were hugging the brush thickets. I went into the woods toward camp, shota Verdin. Heard a drumming in a dead snag, squeaked and a Gila Woodpecker came out. I shot it, later got a Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Saw Black-tailed Godwither and shot a Ruby Crowned Kinglet. In the willow where it was green with Jamanish, I twice flashed what was probably a long- Eared Owl but couldn't get a good look. About 1045 we decided on one last move, to avoid the wind and rain that was threatening. Back to the "Bat House" by Willan, Calf-Nev. line, 1/2 mi W, 1mi S Snyder Ranch, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada. This is our new locality. Put up this in the afternoon. Very windy and some rain. At 5pm, we set traps. I put about 20 more and 5 rat traps in the desert, some (2 rat) at a pile of rocks with a bench mark (BP421) which looked like a woodrat nest. Set 1 rat and 1 mouse trap in the cabin. After dark we checked Neal's traps and some of mine - all empty. No animals, nothing to do tonight. The night is windy and cold, the moon is full or nearly so, but there are a lot of clouds. Hope for a better day tomorrow,
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Banks 1958 Journal Apr. 4. The weather is not very good again, still cool and very windy. Had a Neotoma in my trap line, caught at the mouth of a large hole at the top of the wall of the wash. In the cabin had 2 Peromyscus. Shot a roadrunner right away in my hunt, and later two Vireo bellii. In the afternoon, to fill up the time got a Vijayachus and a Hila Woodpecker. The roadrunner had been seen across the road from camp earlier, and when I shot it, it had 2 grasshoppers in its bill. Later saw another, probably its mate, right near the cabin. The Vireos were both singing low in willows. I walked down this road toward the river, saw Berwick Wren and Abbott Towhees in the brush along the road. The road has just been scraped through the Arrow weed, and the growth on either side is dense. Heard a Yellowthroat and a Song Sparrow in one place, and went into the brush but thought I saw them both, I couldn't get either. The night is extremely cold, but bright. Apr. 5. A beautiful day at last - the day we have to leave. Very bright and hot, just a few wisps of clouds. Had a Dipodomys in my trapline. All birds are active, and hawks are out for the first time. Saw Amphispiza bilineata for the
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Banks 1958 Journal Calif.-Nev., line 500ft. 1/2 mi. W (mi's Simple Pond, Clark C., Nev. Apr. 5 first time since enroute. Yesterday saw 5 White Pelicans flying up the river. After a couple hours of walking and looking, shot a Dark Rail from a flock in the marsh by the cabin. It is now about 2 P.M. - our plans are to hunt hawks for a while, then clean up and go home. Later: Spent a little over an hour looking for lizards - they had disappeared since this morning. Saw only 2, one of which I captured. Found a Desert Tortoise in a draw leading into the wash which is in front of the cabin. This was about 2:30 P.M. Took a number of color pictures of flowers. The map used in all these locality designations is the "Davis Dam, Nev.- Ariz.-Calif." quadrangle, USGS, 1952 Ed., N 3500-W 11430/15 (15" series). Following is a list of birds seen on the trip. March 29-April 5 Colymbus caspius Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Phalacrocorax auritus Ardea herodias Casmerodius albus
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Sahs 1958 Journal Colorado River Valley, So. Clark Co., Nevada March 29 - April 5, 1958 Cathartes aura Buteo jamaicensis Falco sparverius Lophortyx gambelli Fulica americana Charadrius vociferans Capella gallinago Larus sp. Zenaida macronna Geococcyx californianus Tyto alba Otus asio Bubo virginianus Asio otus ? Chordeiles acutipennis Archibachus alexandri Calypste costae Centurus propygialis Dendrocopus scalaris Myiarchus cinerascens Sayornis nigricans Pyrocephalus rubinus Tachycieto thallassina Apkelosoma coeruleseens Amipans flaviceps Thyromanes lewichi
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Banks 1958 Journal Colorado River Valley, St. Clark Co., Nevada March 29 - April 5, 1958 Salpinctes obsoletus Mimus polyglottos Toxostoma dorsale Myadestes townsendi Poliophtila melanaura Regulus calendula Bombbyilla cedrorum Phainopepla nitens Vireo bellii Vermivora luciae Dendroica auduboni Geothlypis trichas Icterus bullockii' Spinus lawrencei Pipilo alerti' Passerulus sandwichensis Amphispiza bilineata Junco oreganus Spizella passerina Zonotrichia leucophrys Melospiza melodia Turdus migratorius Carpodacus mexicanus
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Banks 1958 Journal Vicinity of Bolinas, sea level - Mari & Cabf. June 15-22 1958 Arrived here for Zoo Biol, marine invertebrate zoology. We are based in the old Coast Guard Station. This is a 6-week session w/ Dr. R.I. Smith + Dr. Cadet Hand. George Ziska, Pete Schramm, Von Poharts, Bill Hamilton, + Al Zeigle are also there. Also Cope Mac- Clintock, Invert Paleo. Sun. PM had supper on the beach - shot a Zantrichia. Tues., Geo. + I drove around a bit + I got a Song Sparrow. Fri, foundation area of bushy pasture loaded with White-armed Sparrows. Worked this area Fri. PM, Sat afternoon, and Sunday A.M. Saw: Zonotrichia leucophrys, Melospiza melodia, Charadrius fasciata, Thyronorax herindii Aplobriona coenlestrae and Spizina tristis. In the fields also more Sturnella neglecta, Acelaino phoenice phoenicurus, and Zaleo Sparverinus. On Sun. (22nd) saw a Sayonis nigricans in Baccharus in this bushy field! This area is on the road to Golden Gate village, or Palomarini Reef + nursery. Sunday about 9 went with Dr. Smith to Oxberry Reef. Here there was a flock of 60±2 Branta nigricans feeding on Ulva lactuca. Also many gulls, rich Larus hermani and L. argentatus, and 2 Andea erodias. Seen feeding on the beach were Melospiza, Zonotrichia, and Spizina. A herd of
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Banks 1958 Journal Vicinity of Bolinas, sealed - Marin Co., Calif. June 15-22 cont'd. Northern Sea Lions (?) was here. On the beach saw what appeared to be mole rats. Land around the area there are a lot of birds, Cyrnus corax, C. brachyrynchus, Cassinadinis albua, Nycticorax nycticorax, Hylocibla ustulata, Eupagus cyanophalus, Capudans moricanus, Passer domesticus, Petrochida pyrolonata, Hirundo Rustica. Wailers, too, are here, but I haven't identified any but Lonchoria aestiva and possibly Wilsonia pusilla also have seen Nuttallonis lorealis, Buteo janacani, and probably others I don't recall. Zanidura maurona Gularla fasciata (3 of these) Lophortyx california and Stania stellate are among there. June 24. Geo and I drove around the Mesa (as this area is called) and missed 1 Zonotrichia Many others heard. Al Zeigler gave me a Molospiza he trapped today - a first-year bird (min 8'). A couple birds I forgot to put on list, but are Archnotonus occidentalis and Melanrtha perspicillata and Cathartes aura. Bill Hamilton reported Banks and Rough-winged swallows. Also sawa Cyanocitta stelerii.
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Banks 1958 Journal Vicinity of Bolinas, sea level - 300+ft., Manly's Cliff. June 29 During the past week I have seen Bonbyalla cedronum. Also remember to put Larus occidentalis on the list. Yesterday drove to Dillon Beach, didn't see anything unusual. Today from 8:30 to 4:30 AM collected 4 White-crowns, Saw three Band-tailed pigeons again. Redwings are in large flocks. Also during the week saw Fulica americana. July 9 Added Caspian Tern to the list. Got another White- crown today. Have seen Pelecanus occidentalis off and on since I was here. Also have seen Phalacrocorax pelagicus. July 20 More birds that I have not added at the proper time: Phasianus colchicus, Bandian, Leucophyx thula (seen July 26 on way home, 2), Haematopus bachmani (at Throckery Reef, about June 30 or July 1), Geo. Fisher reported Gulls (Lumanus) and "peeps" on the island in Bolinas Lagoon, and I have heard Gulls several nights. Aug 6. Big Meadows, 6500ft., Calaveras Co., Calif. On a trip with Jim Anderson and Ned Johnson. Left Berkeley @ 3:15 AM. Stopped at 9.2 mi W Altaville just after dawn, + I shot a bat (Tadarida), one of a great many flying around. Reached Big Meadows about 08:20. In an hour + less, I collected 1 Saurornis occidentalis and 1 Oporornis
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Banks 1958, Journal Aug 6 Big Meadows, 6500 ft. Calaveras Co., Calif. -tolmei. Among birds recorded were: Junco oreganus (feeding young), Empidonax sp., Passerella iliaica, quite common, Dendrocapus sillemi, Pams gambelli, Sitta sp. Moved on to Aug 6 Mosquito Lakes, 8000 ft. Alpine Co., Calif. Arrived here alout 10 AM. Went collecting till about 3 PM, rested a while then left alout 6:30 or 7 pm. Saw and collected a good number of birds, also got a Pama (x 349) muscosa out of a pond and shot a (x 350) Eutamas out of a tree. Saw: Piranga ludoviciana, many Tardus migratorius, niel, many young ones, Cettia fambainis, Sitta canadensis, Cyanotiea stellar, Dendroica cindentalis, Euphasus cyanocephals. Collected 2 Pams gambelli, 2 Sitta carolinensis (both 2's together), 2 Syphapins thyoidens (not together), 1 Junco oreganus, 1 Dendroica anchiboni, 1 Hylocichla guttata, 1 Myadestes townsendi, and just before we left, right at the first lake got 2 of a group of 3 Lorra, curvirostra. No Passerella here, common below. Also saw a Colaptes calas. Sept 18 Lmi N, 2 mi., E. Martinez's salt marsh, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Visited this area with Charles Thaler, who had traps set for Whiciths. The marsh abounded with Telmatoelytes Palustris and Melospiza melodi.
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Banks 1958 Journal Sept 18 Lini N, Zni & Marting saltmarsh, Contra Costa Co, Calif - also saw rail; Probably Rallus limicola. The hills around the marsh had Baccharis in clumps + strips. There was a flock of Zonotrichia leucophrys, a few Geothlypis trichas, some marsh wrens, and for a while a Lanius ludovicianus. I shot 3 Song Sparrows, 1 Yellowthroat, 1 White Crown, and 1 Marsh Wren - with 5 shots. One Song sparrow notted. Charlie gave me a few mammals to put up. See catalog. Oct. 1 U.C. Campus, Berkeley Alameda Co., Calif. - Began baiting for trapping a few days ago. Further notes will be under species acts; mainly of Zonotrichia leucophrys.
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Banks, R.C. 1958 Species Accounts Birds
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Banks 1958 Branta nigricans June 22, Bolinas, Duxlerry Reef, seaweed, Marin G. Califf - a flock of 60 +/- 2 were seen along the edge of this reef this morning. Smaller flocks had been seen during the past week. These birds today were very tame, some allowing me to walk to within 10 ft (or less) of them. They were feeding on Ulva lactuca, sea lettuce. All birds seemed to be in rather worn plumage. Daniel & Miller -sight occasional birds in summer, in poor condition, and main food eelgrass. (p.69)
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Larus glaucescens 5 Feb. 1958 Red Rock Island, San Francisco Bay Calif. Found adult bird dead on beach. It was pretty fresh, no smell or slipping. Feet are pink, bill pale yellow with orangish spot near and lower mandible. Head, neck and entire underparts white, as is tail and all tail coverts. Mantle light gray, leading edge of wing white. Flight feathers tipped with white. primaries q=gray, rest white. Saved skull and left foot. Bird was F, many over about 1mm or less.
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Bandza 1958 Aeronautes Saxatalis 15 Apr. Bradley, Alamecla C., Calif. - 5 swifts flying around the building on the NW corner of Bancroft and On the N side of the building there are 2 holes leading into the tile roof. Similar holes face all along the E and S edges of the roof. The swifts were flying around the N side, occasionally entering the holes on the N side. For a while there were only 3 birds in the air, and sounds indicated that 2 birds were in the holes. During this period one of the holes already occupied, and 2 birds would leave the hole almost at once. They seemed to me only 2 of the 5 holes. 16 Apr. This morning I saw only one swift flying in the area and it did not go near the N side of the building. However, I heard swift-like sounds apparently coming from a hole or holes on the E side, near the S.E. corner.
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Mar. 30 Colorado River, opp Ft. Mohave, 500 ft. Clark Co, Nevada There are many pairs of Gila Woodpeckers in this area, and they are extremely obvious because they are so noisy. They all appear to be in pairs, and are strictly restricted to the cottonwoods. A bird shot today, in male plumage, was heavily parasitized with roundworms; the entire body cavity is filled. The body of this specimen (PMB 288) was preserved in formalin. I could not immediately find the gonads, at least partly because of the worms. Apr. 1 Snyder Ranch, 500 ft, 1 mi W Colorado River, Clark Co, Nev. The situation here is the same as at the river, pairs of birds in the cottonwoods. Red shot 2 & today, one of which was full of roundworms. Apr. 3 1/2 mi NW Snyder Ranch, 500 ft, Clark Co, Nevada I heard a drumming on a dead cottonwood snag, couldn't see anything. When I squeaked, a Gila flew out of a hole 12-15 ft. high in the snag. I shot it and it was a & (PMB 316) with enlarged testes. No parasites. Apr. 4 Calif-Nev Line, 500 ft, 1 mi W, 1/2 mi's Snyder Ranch Clark Co, Nev. Shot another & here, not sticking to cottonwoods but moving a good deal, in willows, etc. This bird had just a few roundworms in his body cavity. Heard a pair here the next day.
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Sphyrapicus thyroides Aug. 6 Mosquitolahe, s000 ft., 2 mi W Lookout Peak, Alpine C, Calif. Shot 2 birds, ♂ in morning, ♀ in mid afternoon. Both molt ing heavily. ♂, 352, had almost indis- cernable testes (had been frozen), and the skull was completely single layered. The ♀, 353, was mushy inside; the skull was double layered on the rear 1/3 or so. The ♀ leached thru the head, + lost many feathers when washed.
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Banks 1958 Apheleoma ultramarina Feb. 3 - Madera Camp Ground, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Ariz. This bird collected by J.L. Brown on this date. Kept captive in Berkeley until it died during the summer. Frozen until Nov. 29, 1958, when it was prepared as a skeleton, PCB 378. At that time it had testes 15mm., wt. 87.2 gm. Another caught this date, died Dec. 4, 1959. It was adult when captured, acc. T Brown, probably hatched in 1956 or earlier. It was a ♀, with inactive ovary. Moltig. Frozen until Dec. 24, 1959, when it was skeletonized by PCB, # 711. A third bird held captive by Jerry Brown died Feb. 1, 1960. It had been captured about the same time and place as the previous two. It was a ♂, testes about 5mm. PCB 715
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Banks 1958 Loxia curvirostra Aug 6 Mosquito Lake, 800ft. 2mi W Lookout Peak, Alpine Co. Calif. A group of at least 3 red crossbills came into the pines at the end of this lake, E side. Shot one from the top of a pine (good distance) and it drifted to a big pile of rocks. While retrieving it, saw 2 more, one on top of a small (10-15 ft.) pine, and one flying away. Shot the one in the tree. First one put up (Aug 12) was a ♀, fat deposits heavy under all feather tracts. Left testis 5 x 3 mm. long, skull completely double-layered. The wings are in molt, with the 1st or 2nd primaries just coming in. (PEB 355). The second bird is also ♀, testes 4mm diameter, yellow, round. Heavy fat deposits under skin, Still completely double-layer. (356).
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Zonotrichia leucophrys May 3 Bodega Bay sea level Sonoma Co, Calif. - Along the beach here, along the land spit closing the south end of the harbor, many lupines and other waist-high shrubs growing in the sand. One bird sang from the top of a lupine, the second flew from one lupine to another in a circle. The two were collected about 20 minutes apart, perhaps 30 yards apart. (These are # 331, 332). Many Song Sparrows and a few Savannahs in the area, Amer. Goldfinches and a & Cowbird. Missed one other White-crown chipping on top of a Lupine. Found no nests. Jun 15 Bolinas, sea level Marin Co, Calif. - Along the coast, at the dead end after the road has gone thru Bolinas, heard a few White-Crowns. This & was right at the edge of the water, then flew upon the cliff edge, where I shot it. Saw no others in the general area. There were Song Sparrows and American Goldfinch. The cliff was grass, lupine, and other coastal shrub. Jun 20 Near Bolinas 200 +/- ft. Marin Co, Calif. - Shot 2 birds in different localities, but only about 1/2 mile from each other, about 5 P.M. The first (335) was just at the top of Mesa Rd, and was accompanied by at least one other White-Crown; another bird (sp? ) flew away from the original sighting with these 2. This bird was first seen singing on a fence post at the edge of a
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Banks 1958 2. Zantrichia leucophrys June 20 Near Bolias, 200 ft Mari G. Cady, - contd. - pasture. Then the 3 birds flew across the road to a row of Eucalyptus; this bird was shot from one of these trees Which Bacharas lining the fence now. The second bird (336) was sitting in the dead top of a 5-ft. Baccharis, in a large clump of Baccharis, Palos, & Rhus, in a meadow. There was another bird, probably the mate, but could not get it. All through the area, in the coastal scrub, white-crowns are common and often heard singing. Both the birds detailed tonight had some fat. June 21 In the same general area this afternoon, the road leading to Palmari Nursery. The area is mainly pasture, with large clumps of brush as described above. The birds are very many and hard to get; got one 1st year bird out of a flock of 6 or 8, in a weedy area between two dried fields. Saw one bird carrying food. rest. Saw fully grown young of the year, and from behavior judge they are on a second (a late) brood. They seem to be in groups, or very close territories. Some were in fields of cut hay, in these brushy areas I also found Thryomanes benichi, Oplebona verlescens, Melospiza melodia, Chamosa fasciata, and one flock of Psaltriparus. In the fields were Sturnella neglecta, and Azelais phoenicea.
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Baker 1958 Zonotrichia leucophrys 3. June 22 Near Bolinas, 200+ ft. Marin Co., Calif. - Vent back to this area a little after 7:44. Got one bird from the top of a juniper in the same place as 336. yesterday shot a & (migr.) from the same perch as 336, but lost him. This one was only a few yards away from that spot. Saw some recently fledged young here. Shot another bird a little farther along in the same field (339). this & was originally in the thick stuff, but flew to the edge of a small clump where I was able to get him. June 29 A little farther W in same area, from about 08:30 to 09:30, got 4 birds with 4 shots. All are apparently 1st year birds. # 342 was taken from a bush where it was sitting with another, presumably juvenile, bird. # 343 was carrying a grasshopper in its bill. It may be the mate # 344 was shot from a telephone wire. In one place the birds seemed to be in a flock, several birds moving away together. I also noticed this last week. July 9 Shot a first year bird on the bluff. It was feeding in the grass on an old trail. (545) (Ferrumitus) July 12 Saw a bird near one calling for food. Later got one from there, I think the same one. 346. It was a & with small testes, very worn plumage. Shot him right where the road cuts the beach.
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Bach 1958 Zonotrichia leucophrys 4. July 19 Near Bolinas, sealevel-200ft., Marin Co. Calif. Got one bird very close to where I obtained the first one a few weeks ago, just at the top of Mesa Rd. It was in a long clump of Baccharis along a fence, right along the road. 2347. It is a ? with enlarged testes that I could not measure. July 22 Shot a bird (2,348) at near the entrance to Agate Beach, same area as 346. This one was with a speckled bird of the year; may be mate of 346. Well developed brood patch, very degenerated. Aug 6 Mosquito Lakes, 800ft., Alpine Co., Calif.- Neal Johnson + Jim Anderson reported White- crowns common here a month ago. Spent all day in the area today, and saw a white-crown. Saw one (probably) lower down, about 7000-7500 ft. None at 6500ft., Big Meadows. Sep 18. Lmi N, Dni E Martinez, salt marsh, Contra Costa Co., Calif. In Baccharis on slope at edge of marsh, found a rather large flock of white-crowns. Collected 1 bird in rim plumage. The bird had an unossified skull and tes 1,rim long. 22.8 gm. PCB 3738. Oct 1 U.C. Campus, Berkeley Alameda Co., Calif.- Trapped 1 bird yesterday, let him go. Today trapped 3 birds in same trap. First one was banded, 23-15601. I had banded it Mar 16, 1956 as ad ?
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Barbs 1958 Zonotrichia leucophrys 5. Oct. 1 Berkeley, U.C. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif. This this kind is now 4 1/2 years old. Late had another banded bird, 24-180303, ad. plumage. Was landed as a merlin Apr. 8, 1957, at SE corner of Univ. + Fultor (Oxford) Ave's, Berkeley. After dark had a third bird - took him home to band with 24-180321. Bird was released at 2214 Harte St. Oct. 2 Another bird into another trap, 24-180322, this bird showed a large number of feathers in sheath on the rear of the crown. Oct. 3 Banded 24-180323 in p.m. Had 1 or 2 pin feathers on throat, no molt on head. Crown stripe seemed narrow and white feathers were somewhat dark tipped. Oct. 5 Retrapped 24-180322 in same trap. I did not now see any sign of molt on head. Late got 23/251601 again, in different trap than before. Oct. 6 Some birds escaped from traps today. Caught 180321 on Bancroft, after had released him at home. 1950 Pebble Beach, Sea Level, San Mateo Co., Calif
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Banks, R.C. 1959 Catalogue nos. 379-714
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Banks 1954 Catalog 5 mi NE Vallejo, Solano Co., Calif. Feb. 5, 1954 379, ♂ Eremophila alpestris 32.7 gm. Tes. 2 mm. shell compressed 1 mi & Pelle Beach, Dias Ranch, 250ft, San Mateo Co., Calif April 18 380, ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 33.0 gm. tes. 10x6 mm. fat. 381, ♂ " " 31.5 gm. tes. 9x5 mm. fat (neck) April 19 382, ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.1 gm. largest ova 2mm.dia. largest ova 2mm. dia. no brood patch Pelle Beach, sea level, San Mateo Co., Calif. 383 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.4 gm. tes. 11x4 mm. fat on neck+auxiliary 384 ♀ " " 32.8 gm. largest ova 2mm. wel developed brood path. Very fat. April 18 385 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.0 gm. over all tiny. extremely fat. no brood patch. 386, ♀ " " 27.2 gm. slightly fat. broad patch) 387, ♀ " " 26.2 gm. slight fat brood path 388, ♂ " " 31.4 gm. moderately fat. tes. 10x6 mm. 389 ♂ " " 31.8 gm. slight fat tes. 9x6mm. 390, ♂ " " 29.2 gm. slight fat tes. 8x5 1 mi. N Ponporio Beach, 150+ft., San Mateo Co., Calif. 391, ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.3 gm. tes. 9x5 slight fat tes. 9x5 392 ♂ " " 30.1 gm. no fat ova small, avident 393, ♀ " " 30.0 gm. large brood path. ova small, avident some 394, ♀ " " 27.5 gm. enlarged, pat brood patch. 395 ♂ " " 29.4 gm. tes. 11x6mm. 396 ♂ " " 31.1 gm. tes. 11x6 mm. slight fat. 397 ♂ " " 31,4 gm. tes. 9x 6mm.
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Banks 1959 Catalog 2 April 19 1mi N Pompeian Beach, 150ft., San Mateo Co. Califf. slight fat. 398. & Zonotrichia leucophrys 30.8 gm. tes.4x6mm. May 1 2.2mi NW Bolinas, 360ft., Marin Co. Calif. not fat. 399. & Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.1 gm. tes.10x6 400. & " " 28.0 gm. tes.8x6 nofat. tes.albt.10x7mm. 401 & " " 27.2 gm. slight fat. Brood patch ov.63mm. 402, Q " " 27.5 gm. slight fat. 403 " " 30.1 gm. tes. 9x5gm. 404 Q " " {29.0 gm. brood patch not fat 405 & " "} matos 32.4 gm. Tes 9x7 not fat 406 & " " 30.9 gm. tes. 9x6mm. not fat 407 & " " 31.0 gm. tes.9x5mm brood patch 408 Q " " {26.8gm. not fat matos } not fat 409 & " "} 29.0 gm. Tes.11x6 410, & " " 31.4 gm tes.10x6 near brood patch. 411, & " " 33.9 gm. tes.+xx 9x7 412. & " " 32.2 gm. Tes.11x6mm. nofat 413 & " " 30,5 gm. tes 10x6mm brood patch ov. 414 Q " " 31.5 gm slight fat 9 mm. brood patch - 1mm. 88 415. Q " " 33.9 gm no oil; broken sepalage,clawless. 416. & Odorileus hemionus skull only-pick up 417 Thamnosphi 418 " 419 " 420 & Hirundo rustica 17.0gm. tes.5x3mm. not fat brood patch?
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Banks 1959 Catalog May 1, 1959 Algie Bar Rd, ca 2 mi N Stinson Beach, 900ft, Marin Co., Calif. 421. Taricha - found on road, all alone, May 9, 1959 2mi. N mouth, Ten Mile River, sea level, Mendocino Co., Calif. 422. Thamnophis - DOR 2 mi S Westport, sea level, Mendocino Co., Calif. 423. Thamnophis 424. Rana boylei 425. " " 426. " " 427. " " 428. " " 429. " " 430. " " 431. " " 432. " " all in brackish water. see species acct. Mouth, Ten Mile River, sea level, Mendocino Co., Calif. 433. Thamnophis 434. " 435. tadpoles of frogs - about 23 (70 small, 3 tiny painted not fat) 436. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 30.5 Gm. Tso. 11x7mm. not fat 437. ♂ " " 30.7 Gm. tso. 10x6mm. 438. ♂ " " 30.7 Gm. Tso. 9x6mm. 439. ♂ " " 29.9 Gm. tso. 10x6mm. 1/2 mi N mouth, Ten Mile River, 100±ft., Mendocino Co., Calif. 440. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.4 Gm. tso. 11x6mm. 441. ♂ " " 31.1 Gm. tso. 11x6mm.
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Banks 1959 Catalog 4, 1 1/2 mi N mouth Ten Mile River, 100 + ft, Mendocino Co, Calif. May 9 442. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.46gm. tes. 10x6mm. slightly fat 443. ♀ " " 29.3 gm. Tes. 9x5mm begins to brood patch (deflected) 444. ♀ " " 29.3 gm. over 302mm. normally fertile. 445. ♂ " " 30.5gm. tes. 10x6mm. Month of Ten Mile River, sea level, Mendocino Co, Calif. May 10 446 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.8 gm. tes. 11x6 mm. fat 447. ♂ " " 33.9gm. tes. 11x7mm fart 448 ♂ " " 30.3 Gm tes. 11x7mm fat well developed brood patch 449 ♀ fat " " 33.8 gm. wild follicles - oridit extended. 450 ♂ " " 28.3 gm. tes. 9x6mm. 451 ♀ " " 31.3 gm. tes. 10 x 7mm. 452 ♂ " " 26.3gm. tes 9x6 mm. 453 ♂ " " 29.7 Gm. tes. 11x6mm. some fat - oridit displaced 454 ♀ " " 28.14 gm. over 3 mm. normally fertile 455 ♂ " " 28, 1gm. Tes. 11x7mm. 456 ♂ " " 29,2 gm. Tes. 9x 5mm. 457 ♂ " " 29.4 gm. Tes. 10x7 mm. oridit enlarged - normally 458. ♀ " " 31.9 follicles - orid to 4 mm. gm, early brood path 459. ♂ " " 28. 3gm. Tes. 10x6 mm 460 ♂ " " 28.1 gm. Tes. 9 x 5mm 461 ♂ " " 28, 6 gm. tes. 9x 5mm less fat - oridit are 462. ♀ " " 32, 8 gm over 4.5 mm than 463. ♂ Chaetura vaucii 16, 5gm. tes. 4mm.
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Banker 1959 Catalog 5. Inspiration Point, Yuba Park, 1050 +/- ft., Contra Costa Co., Calif. May 23, 1959 464 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.0 gm. Tc. 9x6 slight fat. Prosser Creek, 5600ft. 1mi S, 2mi E Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. May 24, 1959 465 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 31.0 gm. Tc. 9x6 fat 466 ♂ ", " " 31.2 gm. Tc. 12+7 fat 467 ♂ ", " " 26.6gm. tes. large 468 ♂ Poecetes gramineus 24.7gm. slight fat. tes. 9x7mm Middle Mark Creek, 600ft. 1mi E Dni S Frye Tree Place Co., Calif. 469 Audroica auduboni 11.9gm. June 4, 1959 Univ. of Calif. Campus, Berkeley Alameda Co., Calif. 469 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.6 gm. Tes. 8x5mm slight fat. June 5, 1959 Coyote Peak, 3000+ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. 470 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.5 gm. eggs in oviduct blood patch. 471 ♀ ", " " 26.8 gm. eggs in oviduct blood patch. 472 ♂ ", " " 25.0 gm. Tes. 10x6 473 ♂ ", " " 27.3 gm. Tes. 12x6 474 ♂ ", " " 23.7 gm. Tc. 8x6 475 ♂ ", " " 26.5 gm. Tes. 10x6. June 9, 1959 476 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.0 gm. Tc. 10+6mm. 477 ♀ ", " " 23.8 gm. blood patch. 478 ♂ ", " " 23.4 gm. Tes. 9x7mm.
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Banks 1959 Catalog 6 3 mi N, 1 mi W Fort Dick, sealvel, Del Nute Co, Calif. June 9, 1959 479. Thamnophis 480. " 481. " 482. " 483. " 484. " 485. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys { 27,9 gm. Tes 9x5 slight fat ma} brood patch 486. ♀ " ' ' { 25,0 gm. more recently captured fall. 487. ♂ " " 25,8 gm. Tes,10 x5 slight fat June 10 488 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys Mates { 26,1 gm. tes 11x6 mm. 489 ♀ ' ' { 24,9 gm. Woodpatch purest lays. 490 ♂ " " 28,7gm. tes, 10 x 6 mm. Brood patch 491 ♀ " ' Mates { 258 gm more recently capt. fall. 492 ♂ " . { 25,3 gm Tes. 8x5mm. 493 ♂ ' ' 25,1gm. Tes. 10x 3 mm. 494 ♂ ' " 27,7 gm. Tes. 9x6 mm. 495 ♂ " . 25,4gm. Tes. 11x6mm. 496 Thamnophis 497 ' 498. ' June 11 499 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28,5gm. Tes.10x5 mm. 500 ♂ ' ' 25,3 gm. Tes. 12x6 mm 501 ♂ " ' 25,2 gm. Tes. 9x7mm. 502 ♀ " " 24,3gm. Brood patch
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Banks 1959 Catalog 7. 3,1 mi N, 1 mi W Fort Brick, sea level, Del Norte Co. Calif. June 11 503 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.9 gm. Tes. 10x6mm 504 ♂ Parns atricapillus 11.4gm. Tes. 5x3 505 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.9gm. Eggs -oviolet 506 ♂ ", " 27.6gm. 507 ♀ ", " 25.2 gm. Brood patch June 12. 508 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26,7gm. tes. 9x7mm 509 ♂ ", " 27.4gm. Tes. 10x7mm. 510 ♀ ", " 25.8 gm. Brood patch 511 ♂ ", " 27.6 gm. tes, 10x6mm. 512 ♀ ", " 25.9gm. broodpatch -no 513 ♀ ", " 25.8gm. partly rupt. foll. 514 ♂ ", " 28.0 gm. tes. 12x7mm, 515 ♂ ", " 26,8 gm. tes. 10x6mm. 516 ♂ ", " 25.5 gm. tes. 11x6mm. 517 ♂ Parns rufescens 10.9gm. tes. 6x5 518. Thamnohphhis 519. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.6gm. tes. 9x7mm, June 13 520 Thamnohphis 521 ", 522 " 523 "
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Barks 1959 Catalog 8. 1mi. S Shore Acres, 500+ft., Coos Co., Oregon June 14 524 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 2 2.1 gm. broadpatch 525 ♀ ' ' ', broodpatch 526 ♂ ', tes. 10 x 7mm. 527 ♂ ' , tes. 9 x 6mm. 528 ♂ ', tes. 11 x 7mm. 529 ♀ ', Broodpatch 530 ♂ ', tes. 13 x 7mm. 531 ♂ ', tes. 12 x 6mm. 532 ♀ ' Broadpatch 533 ♂ ', tes. 10 x 6mm. 534 ♂ ', tes. 11 x 7mm. 535 ♂? Juv. , 16.9gm. 536 ♂ ', 24.9gm. tes. 9 x 6mm. June 15 537 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.5gm. tes. 11x7mm. 538 ♀ ' ', veget- broadpatch-shelled eggs 539 ♀ ' ', 32.7Gm oviduct 2 mpt. full. 540 ♂ Spinus pinus 22.3 gm. broodpatch 2mi. S Shore Acres, 700+ft., Coos Co., Oregon 541. ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 23.8gm. broadpatch 1 mi. S Shore Acres, 500 ± ft. Coos Co. Oregon June 16 542 ♀ Molythrus ater 34.2gm. eggs in oviduct 543 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 25.3gm. tes. 10 x 6mm. 544 ♂ ' , tes. 10x6mm. 545 ♀ ', Broodpatch
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Banks 1959 Catalog 9 \n\n1mi, S Shore Acres, 500+ ft., Coos Co., Oregon June 16 brood patch - eggs in outlet 546. ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 25.9 gm. ova 7.5 +3mm. 547. ♀ ' ' 548. ♂ ' ' \nmats{22.6 gm. 5mm ova. 23.9 gm. tes. [illegible] m.} 549. ♂ Juven. ' ' eggs-b 547+548 18.2 gm. -- 550. ♀ ' ' eggs in outlet- 27.8 gm. 3 rupt. foll. 551. ♂ ' ' tes. 10 x 6. 552. ♂ ' ' 24.4 gm. tes. 10x7mm. \n553 Thamnophis 554 Snake 555 Tadpoles (8) June 14 \n556 Serpocottus Sunset Bay State Park, sea level, Coos Co., Oregon June 17 \n557 Serpocottus, 6mi S, 5mi W Tillamook, 400+ ft., Tillamook Co., Oregon. June 18 \n558. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys. 25.4 gm. tes. 10x6 mm. blood patch. eggs in outlet fet. 559. ♀ ' ' 27.3 gm. 3 rupt. foll. 560. ♀ ' ' blood patch fet 23.0 gm. ova to 3 mm. \n561 Tanichia granulosa 562 ' ' 563 ' ' 564 ' ' 565 ' ' 566 ' '
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Banks 1959 Catalog 10. June 18 6mi S, 5mi W Tillamook, 400+ft., Tillamook Co., Ore. 567 Taricha granulosa 568 " " 569 " " 570 " " Vletats Bay spit, sea level, Tillamook Co., Oregon 571 ♂ Zwistrichia leucophrys 25.5 gm. tes. 11x7mm. 572 ♀ " " 22.6 gm. brood patch 573 ♂ " " 22.4 gm. tes. 12x6mm. 574 ♂ " " 25.2 gm. tes. 9x5mm. 575 ♂ " " 27.1gm. tes. 9x2mm. 576 ♂ " " 26.9gm. tes. 11x6mm. 577 ♂ " " 27.0 gm. tes. 10x7mm. 578 ♀ " " 24.3 gm. brood patch 579 ♂ " " 25.9 gm tes. 8x6mm. 580 ♂ " " {Mates} 581 ♀ " " { 25.6gm, tes. 10x7mm. 240gm. brood patch 582 ♀ " " Mates 583 ♂ " " { 584 ♀ " " { 25.3 gm. tes. 9x5mm. Mates 585 ♂ " " { 23.5 gm. brood patch 26.1 gm. tes. 11x7mm. 586 ♂ Passerulus Sandwichensis 18.9gm. tes 8x6mm. 587 Thamnophis
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Barho 1959 Catalog 4 1/2 mi. S, 4mi W Tillamook, sea level, Tillamook Co., Ore. June 19 588 Taricha granulosa 589 " " 590 " " 591 " " 592 Hyla regilla 593 " " 594. " ' 595. " " 596 Bufo boreas 597 " " 598 " " June 21 4mi, S Westport, sea level, Grays Harbor Co. Wash. 599 & Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.8gm. tes, 12x7mm. 600 & ' , 23.5gm. tes, 10x6mm. 601 & ' " woodpatch 602 & ' ' tes, 11 x 5mm. 603 & ; ' 27.5 gm. tes, 10x6mm. 604 & " ' 26.7gm. tes, 9x5mm. June 22 woodpatch eggs ovichet 605 & Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.8 gm. ova to 8mm. 606 & ' , 24.3gm. -tes, 8 x 7mm. 607 & ' ' 26.1 gm. tes, 10x7mm. 608 & ; ? 25.3 gm. woodpatch 609 & ; ; 25.6 gm. tes, 12x5mm. 610 & ; ' 25.0gm. tes, 10x6mm.
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Banks 1957 Catalog 12 4mi S Westport, sea level, Gray's Harbor Co., Wash. June 22 611 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys [illegible] 26.6 gm. brood patch 612 ♂ " " [illegible] 26.7gm. tes. 11x7mm. 2mi S, 3mi. E Westport, sea level, Gray's Harbor Co., Wash. 613 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys. 25.7gm. brood patch shell conf. 6'4, ♂ Chordeiles minor 73.7gm. tes 8x5mm. [illegible]. 4mi S Westport, sea level, Gray's Harbor Co., Wash. June 23 615 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 23.0gm. tes. 9x6mm. 616 ♂ " " 24.3gm. tes. 10x6mm. 617 ♂ " " 25.6gm. tes. 11x6mm. 618 ♂ " " 27.1gm. tes. 10x7mm. 619 ♂ " " 23.6gm. tes. 10x7mm. 620 ♀ " " 28.2gm. brood patch. 621 ♂ " " 28.8gm. tes. 9x6mm. June 25 1/2mi S Ladysmith, 200±ft., Vancouver Is., B.C. 622 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 24.2gm. Tes. 12x7mm. 623 ♂ 24.3gm. tes. 11x7mm. 624 ♂ 27.3gm. tes. 10x6mm 4mi S Ladysmith, Vancouver Is., B.C. 625 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 24.9gm. tes. 9x5mm. 626. ♂ " " 26.9 gm. tes. 9x7mm. 627. Thamnophis
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Banks 1959 Catalog June 26 2\frac{1}{2} mi N Parksville Vancouver Is. B.C. 628 \\ Zonotrichia leucophrys broodpatch 8gm oviolet 27.2 gm. 2 mpt. full. ovaries. 629 \\ " " 26.1 gm. tes. 10x7 mm. 630 Thamnophis 1\frac{1}{2} mi N, \frac{1}{2} mi W French Creek, Vancouver Is. B.C. broodpath 631 \\ Zonotrichia leucophrys. 27.0 gm. 1 small mpt. full. 11\frac{1}{2} mi. W Parksville Vancouver Island, B.C. 632. \\ Zonotrichia leucophrys 24.1 gm. tes. 10x6 mm. 633 Serhonotus June 27 634. \\ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.0 gm. tes. 11x6 mm. 635. Thamnophis 19 mi. W Parksville, Vancouver Island, B.C. 636. \\ Epidonax hammondii 10.0 gm. broadpatch. June 28 Kyle Bay, Comox, Vancouver Is., B.C. 637 \\ Zonotrichia leucophrys tes. 10x7 mm. 25.4 gm. 638 \\ " " 27.4 gm. tes. 9x7mm. 639 \\ " " 23.1 gm. Broodpatch 640 \\ " " 25.0 gm. tes. 9x5 mm. 641 Thamnophis Lost alive in MVZ. June 29 Oyster Pier, Vancouver Island, B.C. 642 \\ Zonotrichia leucophrys 24.3 gm. tes. 10 x 6 mm. 643 \\ " " 24.7 gm. tes. 12x7 mm. N&ES 644 \\ " " 23.2gm. Broodpatch. 645 \\ Spizella passerina 11.8gm tes. 5 x 5 mm.
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Banks 1954 Catalog 14 June 29 Oyster River, Vancouver Island B.C. 646 Thamnophis 647 Aniedes ferreus 648 ' ' ' 649 ' " 650 ' ' 651 ' ' 652 ' ' 653 Thamnophis 654 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 25.6 gm. tes. 10x6mm. Macanley Rd., 14 mi. N Courtenay, Vancouver Id., B.C. 655 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys → 24.1gm. blood/patch 656 ♂ ' ' mater 25.6gm. tes. 13x8mm 657 ♂ ' ' → 25.9gm. tes. 10x7mm. Harts Pass, 6200ft., Okanagan Co., Wash. July 1 658 ♂ Parusella iliaca 26.6gm. July 2 659 ♂ Junco hyemalis 17.2 gm. moulting. 660 ♂ Perisoreus canadensis 66.4gm. tes. 3mm. fat 661 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.6 gm. tes, 11x7mm. 662 ♂ Parureulua sandwicensis — tes. 11x6mm slightly fat 663 ♂ Parusella iliaca 28.3gm. tes. 8x6mm. 664 ♀ Spinus pinus 11.7 gm. ova small - bloodpatch. 665 ♂ Anthus spinoletta 19.9gm. tes. 8x6mm. slight fat Slate Beach ca 6900ft., Okanagan Co., Wash. 666 ♂ Leucostite tephrotes 26.5 gm. tes. 4mm. mod. fat.
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Banho 1959 Catalog 15. Ollanto Pass, 6200 ft., Okanagan Co., Wash. July 2 667 ♀ Entomias no embryos - mamme developed. 227- 93- 32-16 67.1 gm. July 3 668 ♂ Parns gambelli 12,2 gm. tes. 7x7mm. {mats. 669 ♀ " " 11.5 gm. broodpatch } 670 ♀ Spizella passerina 13,8 gm. hedlaid 671 ♂ Sialia currucoides 29,5gm. tes.10x5mm. slight fat ovall (3mm). 672 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.2 gm. Broodpatch Chelan Falls, Chelan Co., Wash. (road hill) 673, ♂ wildcat. Hind feet removed. 900-150-- -50 16.5 cts. July 8 Jackass Meadow, 7300ft., Fresno Co., Calif. 674. Scelopors 675. " 676. " 677. " July 9 Kaiser Pass Meadows, 9100ft., Fresno Co., Calif. 678 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 23.5 gm. Broodpatch. 679 ♀ " " 25.1 gm. Broodpatch 680 ♀ " " 27.2gm. Broodpatch 681 ♀ " " slight fat Broodpatch 26.1gm. over to 3mm. 682 ♂ " " {mats. " } tes. 12x5mm. 683 ♂ Juv. " 27.0 gm. 684 ♂ Juv. " 29.0 gm. 685 ♀ " 22.6 gm. Broodpatch 686 ♀ " 25.0 gm. Broodpatch
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Banks 1954 Catalog 16 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9 mi S Ft., Fresno Co., Calif. July 9 687 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.0 gm. tes. 7x4 mm. 688 ♂ " 29.8 gm. tes. 11x6 mm. 689 ♀ Pinicola enucleator 44.3 gm. shell oss. tes. 2 mm. July 10 690 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.4 gm. tes. 11x7 mm. 691 ♀ " " 23.8gm. Broodpatch. 692 ♂ " " 25.7gm. tes. 9 x 5mm. 693 ♂ " " 30.0 gm. tes. 13x8 mm. 694 ♂ " " 31.1gm. tes. 13x5 mm. 695 ♀ ' 29.4gm. Broodpatch 696 ♀ " 24.6 gm. Broodpatch Discarded -697 ♂ Carpodacus cassinii 27.6gm. tes. 7x4 mm. 698 ♀ Citellus 187-45-37-14 62.5gm. July 11 .8 mi S Kaiser Pass, 8500 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. 699 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.3 gm. tes. 12x8 mm. 700 ♂ " " 27.9gm. tes. 13x7 mm. 701 ♀ " " 28.1 gm. tes. 13x8 mm. July 19 Manhattan Mines, 1 mi NW Knoxville, Napa Co., Calif. coll. R. Graham 702 ♂ Zonaidura macrona 82.2gm.
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Banks 1959 Catalog 17. Sagellen Creek Exp. Sta., 6400 ft, 3 mi NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. Oct. 2, 1959, 703 ♀ Junco oreganus 20.8 gm. molt. (trapped by John Hoprich) Oct. 3 704 ♂ " " 21.0 gm. mod.fat. (trapped by John Hoprich) 705 ♀ Melospiza lincolnii' 16.8gm. slight fat 3.6mi N 1.8mi E Calpica, 4950 ft, Plumas Co., Calif. 706 Spizella 13.9 gm, ad.sh. very fat. 707 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.5gm. ad.sh. mod.fat. 708 ♂ " ' 24.8 gm. imm.sh. slight fat 1.5mi E Calpica, 4925 ft, Sierra Co., Calif. 709 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.4gm. ad.sh. Oct. 4 3.6mi N, 1.8mi E Calpica, 4900 ft, Plumas Co., Calif. 710 ♂ Sphyrapicus thyoides 56.0 gm. very fat Dec. 4, 1959 Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co., Ariz. shel.only 711 ♀ Aplhelocona ultramarina. collected by J. Brown. Nov. 15 Tomales Point, 250± ft, Marin Co., Calif. catch the more trap 712. ♂ Chamaea fasciata 14.7 gm. by John Hoprich. 713. ♂ Calypte anna 4.3 gm. July 30, 1959 (?) no data 714. Phenictus melanocephalus 45.6 gm. still unverified. this bird found in MV2 freeze w/ Bill Thompson's name and the above date. No further information,
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Banks 1954 Journal Feb. 5 5 mi Nt Vallejo, Solano Co., Calif. - Dan Wilkoff and I went out shooting birds for 113 in this area, saw many large flocks of Redwings and Brewer Blackbirds, but they would not let us approach very close - we were too late in the day (8-11 A.M.) They were mainly in pasture with cattle or in young wheat (?) fields. Also saw many Western Meadowlarks, Horned Larks, and smaller members of: Zonotrichia, Passer, Emberiza, Shrikes, Lesser Goldfinch, Oregon Junco, Andaman Warbler, Sparrow Hawk, Polio, Savannah Sparrow + Red Tailed Hawk. Asterisks* represent species we shot. I saved one Horned Lark to put up (#379 #) Apr 18 Pasacadero area, San Mateo Co., Calif. - Arrived here today about 7:30 A.M. Warm & sunny, but windy. There is very little place to shoot birds here - the road is very close to the ocean, and inland from the road is all farmed and/or posted. First collecting area was Pelle Beach where I got 6 Zonotrichia leucophrys. Also saw many Song Sparrows, Amer. Goldfinch, Yellowthroat, Marsh Hawk, Red Tailed Hawk, Brewer Blackbird, Iboree Finch, Golden-Crowned Sparrow (10+) 3 Black Buntings (?) and Western Gulls. Further up the road saw Flier. Second shooting area N Pomponio Beach. This is a high
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Banks 1959 Journal 2 Apr. 18 Pescadero area, San Mateo Co., Calif.- cliff top, with lots of Bachmans + sage (?). Here got 6 White-crowns, staying here 'til just after noon. Drove to town of Pescadero, then north along old east road for a while, all posted. Tried South along that road- all posted. On inland (east) mile of the road belongs to J. Urias + Sons. I looked them up in Pescadero & got permission to shoot birds. Than couldn't get but 2. Birds were concentrated along the road, few in fields, Here added Whew-tit to my list, + Sable Jay. Saw the Sheriff's man while hunting Mr. Urias. They say no shooting in the Co. except at rumps, etc., unless w/ written permission of land owner. Also they mentioned no shooting at beach. Glad they told me too late. Now is cool + windier, & I am on beach, 4pm. Will try hunting again just before dark. The third locality I am calling Lmi E. Pelle Beach, 2 SOST, Urias Ranch. The object of this trip is to collect as many White-crowned Sparrows as possible, putting them on dry ice (6.10/lb., min. 2oz) to put up during next week. Have moved back to Pomponio Beach area now- too cold at beach, not much better here, but birds are here & I can shoot fairly safely. Maps for this trip are Tini Tracks, 1953, Pigeon Point and San Gregorio.
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Banks 1959 Journal Apr. 19 Pescadero area San Mateo Co., Calif. - Got up about 6 shot # 16 in the open area at the Ponponia area. Birds wild here now. The day started dark, not foggy, but over- cast. Moved to the Pebble Beach area, got 17+16, a pair. Few birds here, but in a field saw several in what may have been a flock. In mi & Pebble Beach got no. 19. Added the following birds to my list today: flock of Bonaparte Gulls 15-20, flying along coast; Redwing Great Blue Heron, inland near Calif. Trail many Yellowthroats, and Pale-olated Warbler. At Pebble Beach saw flock of 13 plovers (Black-bellied) in winter plumage in freshly seeded field. Too many people & too wild birds - poor shooting today. Left area about 10 am. May 1 Bolinas area, Marin Co., Calif. - Arrived here about 7 AM. The morning was frustrating - birds were scarce, not singing, and very wary. By 8 o'clock had only 2 birds. Drove along Mesa Rd. to Palomarini Nursery, and was refused permission to shoot on their property. This is a religious outfit, and owns 4000 acres. The next big chunk of land back toward Bolinas is owned by R.C.A., leased by
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Banks 1959 Journal 4. May 1 Bolinas area, Marin Co., Calif. - S.E. (Star) Bolzan. Mr. Bolzan, who I saw about noon, allowed me to shoot on this land. By the time I net him, I had 8 birds, had visited several areas with poor luck. The only shootable area with birds was along Mesa Rd., in the RCA area. The best bet was shooting right along the road. In the afternoon I went along the N. side of this road, into the brushy fields, and shot up to 18 birds for the day, plus one Barn Swallow. Picked up 3 garter snakes. Left the area about 4:30 - came back on the road directly across Rt. 1 from the Bolinas [illegible], which led to the corner of the hilltop & toward Alpine Lake. Beautiful drive. Picked up a nectar (Janika) somewhere E of Alpine Lake. In the shooting area, saw: Song Sparrow, Scrub Jay, Calif. Finch (see note), Bewick Wren, Anna Hummingbird (very abundant), Raven, Bever Blackbirds, Wren Fit, Pileated Wailer, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, a flock of about 10 Golden-crowned Sparrows, Spotted Towhee, Barn Swallow, Rough Winged Swallow, Redwing. Along the coast, Rt. 1, from Stinson Beach to Bolinas, saw Great Blue Heron, Snow Egret,
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Banks 1959 Journal S. May 1 Bolinas area, Marin Co., Calif. Snowy Egret, Dowitcher, Horn, Killdeer, Coot, American Merganser, and a few other things, incl. a Goldeneye. Also, in the RCA area, found skeleton of a spine-bird deer, of which I brought the skull back. May 8 Trip to Mendocino Co. Coast - Left Bodega about 8pm. Today, Fri. Drove Rt. 101 to Cloverdale, then 128 to the coast. Slept at midnight in Redwoods just a few miles beyond Navarro. Up at 6, heard Brown Creeper, Western Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Russet-backed Thrush, Song Sparrow, and a Piledated Woodpecker. Got on Rt. 1, Coast Highway, just S of Albion. Saw a White- crowned Sparrow very soon - then no more till Mendocino (city). Since my interest in this trip is in White-crowns, most of my notes on vegetation, etc., will be under that species. Stayed at Russian Ranch State Park, N of Mendocino, to look + eat + catch up on notes. Very windy ever since I left home, except in the Redwoods. Have seen a number of Turkey Vultures, gulls, and Calif Junail here at the park. Drove north with a variety of stops. Goldfinches and Song Sparrows common, saw 1 Vanq Swift, Harris
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Brando 1959 Journal 6 May 9 Mendocino County coast Caly - north, the Violet-green Swallows seemed to replace Barn Swallows. Went as far as Westport, then came south again. The best area so far is around Ten Mile River. Stopped at small beach a couple miles S of Westport, got frogs, no birds. Picked up a couple of garter snakes. Back at Ten Mile River the Foster Brothers gave me permission to collect on their property. During the rest of the afternoon worked in brushy fields, much like the Bolinas area. Saw War-tit, Cal Trail not much else. Extremely windy. Ten Mile River here has a very broad flood plain, met with a few channels. There are Redwings. Swallows are feeding over it. Camped at State Park May 10 a couple miles N of Fort Bragg. Back at mouth of Ten Mile River - early this a.m. saw Osprey, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Redwing. Collected again on Foster's place. Saw White-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Amer. Goldfinch, Flicker, War-tit, Cliff Swallows (nesting under bridge over Ten Mile River, as well as Foster house) Barn Swallow, Vaux Swift, Caly Trail, Rough Winged Swallow, Pileated Woodpecker, Cowbird, Turkey Vulture, Savanna Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Anna's Hummingbird. Left this area about 4pm.
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Barbe 1959 Journal May 13 Mendocino Co. coast, Calif. - On return, drove back to Albion (see notes on Zonotrichia leucophrys for this weeked). Altho I saw no birds (White-crowned) between Mendocino and Albion, I feel from second look that there is a little habitat available, and that a scattering of birds could live in this area, but they must be scattered widely. Drove from Albion 5 to Elk, saw birds along the road. There seems to be better habitat here - more brush. May 24 Prosser Cr., 5600 ft., 1 mi. S., 2 mi. E Hotat Mills View, Co. Calif. Arrived here about 9 A.M. with Ned K. Johnson. The area is a junction of sagebrush and second growth Jeffrey Pine. Ned worked the pine to the East for Empidonax. Prosser Creek has a wide valley here - the stream is 30-35 ft. wide here, 1 1/2 ft. deep (probably). It is bordered with grass, mainly, with scattered low (4 ft.) willows and willow thickets. I worked downstream mainly, starting about 3/4 mi. from where the stream crosses the road. The willows seen thicks upstream, toward the road, where there were several fishermen. The slopes of the low valley (10 ft. slope) are sparsely covered with Sage (Artemisia)
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Banks 1959 8. Journal May 24 Hossah, 3600ft, Iris, Irie & Hobart Mills, Nevada C, Calif. and the hill on flatland adjacent is covered with sage or sage + pine. The stream valley, in fact the whole area, has been grazed, but not too recently. Middle Marts C., 6000ft, 4mi E, & 2mi S Truckee Place, Ca, Wolf. Spent 3pm - 4:30 looking around here. We were right on the edge of Marts Valley. The valley floor is pretty flat + sage covered, the slopes pine covered. Several streams in area have willow and/or aspen along them - on this stream, as it got higher there was more aspen, but was thicker - saw no White-Crowns here. Downstream, where there was sage on one side of the creek, there was more willow, less aspen - saw birds here. The following list of birds seen is from Hossah C., with 'X' meaning also seen on Marts C. White Crowned Sparrow X Brewer's Sparrow Green Tailed Towhee X Robin X Brewer Blackbird Cowbird X Townsend Solitaire Oregon Junco X Song Sparrow X Spotted Sandpiper
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Banks 1959 Journal May 24 Prusser Cr., Middle Monte Cr., New+Place Cr., Calif. Ash Throated Flycatcher Flicker X Belted Kingfisher Sparrow Hawk Western Tanager (♀) Pileolated Warbler X Arduon Warbler X Yellow Warbler X Mountain Chickadee Wright Flycatcher (E. Wrighti) X Mountain Trail Mountain Bluebird Vaux Swift Killdeer Red tailed Hawk Poor Will Lark Sparrow Veepor Sparrow The following bird at Monte Creek Only: Hairy Woodpecker House Wren Warbling Vireo Ruby Crowned Kinglet Steller Jay Scolopax (11am) Rana boylei
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Banks 1959 Journal Trip to collect White Crowned Sparrows June 7 Left Berkeley today Sunday, 7:20am. Went up Rt. 101 to Arcata, Rt. 299 to Willow Springs, then to Hoopa, then "cross-country" on logging roads to Coyote Leah, my first stop. But on the way at Weott, 150+ft, Humboldt Co., Calif. - heard White-crowns - see species account. This valley, containing the So Fork of the Eel River, seems more or less continuous all the way to the coast at Eureka. The birds could have gotten here south thru this series of valleys, or up the So. Fork of the Eel. June 7-8 Coyote Leah, 3000+ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. - got here just barely in time to set up camp get supper before dark. Here is clean, except for some fog over a nearby valley. Next day (8th) up early, to get my first good look at the area. [My map is Coyote Leah quad., 15 min. cops. Engis, 1952] The bald area here is just that - the top of this ridge is devoid of trees, except for a scattered clump of Garry (?) Oak. Just down slope to the east, and on E on the road toward Hoopa , is an extensive burned & logged area. There are many charred, dead Redwood(?) maps, & the ground is littered with fallen trees & logs. The ground is grass & herb covered, but there is little brush. Maple & tan Oak seedlings are coming in clumps, 1-3ft. high, but
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Banks 1959 Journal June 8 Coyote Peak, 3000 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. There is no sign of seedling conifers. The whole area is dissected with roadless logging roads - it is really a mess, hard to walk in. But I spent most of my time there, since that's where the White-crowns are. On the N slope, below the bald, is forest - mostly oak, apparently, but I haven't been down there. The bald itself is grass, with some short Brache, some clematis type vine, low lupine, etc. It's very extensive. Bogher burnows are abundant. Birds today - W Meadowlark, very common on the bald; Mourning Dove, a few pairs; Sayali Bunting, common in the barn; White-crowned Sparrow, Robin, Stellar Jay, Calif. Juncal, a covey of about a dozen, plus a few pairs, Cowbird, House Wren, Western Wood Pewee, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Chipping Sparrow (a few) Junco (a few) Western Bluebird, I think, Sparrow Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Raven 2 White-throated Swift. Last night heard a Scream Owl. Shortly after noon, the fog came rolling in - esp. 5 of Coyote Peak, & between C.P. & Schoolhouse Peak, it really billowed but quite cool. It was foggy all afternoon, and about 5 p.m. it was a mist. Now at 6:30 it's foggy + wet, I guess it will stay that way. [illegible] cold, too. Also saw Sapsuckers.
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Banks 1959 Journal 12. June 9 Coyote Peak, 3000+ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. - The fog turned to mist and the mist turned to rain. All vegetation was dripping wet this a.m. The dawn seemed like a good omen, and it threatened to be a good day. I started out collecting, but it soon started to rain. So I packed up and left. Went out to Rt. 101. This is a better approach to this area - part of the road is paved, sort of. The junction at Rt 101 is not marked, and after a bit it doesn't look like much, but it gets better until entering the bald area. New birds today were Band-tailed Pigeon, Flycatcher, and some sort of Swallow. Saw Barn Swallow on way out. 3 1/2 mi N, 1 mi W Fort Bragg, sealed, Del Norte Co., Calif. Here at a new area. Arrived about 2 p.m. Am camped on the Jepson ranch-dairy. There is an old road that once led to a ferry, but now is not used. My tent is right in the middle of it, under a Redwood. It's very shady + cool, out of the wind, not too many bugs. The place is a paradise for birds. Took a walk after supper (put up this morning's birds in the pm.) and saw: Russet-backed Thrush - very abundant, singing everywhere, Robin, Black- headed Grosbeak, Amer Goldfinch, Western Flycatcher, Morning Dove, Song Sparrow, Barn Owl, Horned Owl (see account) Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Turkey
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Banks 1959 Journal June 9 3.1 mi N, 1 mi W Fort Clark, sea level, Yell Vtite Co., Calif. Vulture, Tree Swallow, Flicker, Yellow Warbler, Purple Finch, Cedar Waxwing, Crow, Calif. Trail, + White Crowned Sparrow, also hummingbird + a worm-eater. Later heard a Nighthawk. Saw some [illegible] rabbits, garter snakes. Can hear Hyla. June 10 Late to bed last night, but up + out fairly early this a.m. Got 8 sparrows, and with the 3 shot last evening had quite a job today. Got it done, however. Picked up a few more garter snakes about 5pm. Today was sunny, warm but with a cool breeze blowing most of the day. Now it is very still. This is quite a pleasant spot. New finds today: Belted Kingfisher, Cowbird, Allen Hummingbird, Western Woodpe- nee, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Brewer Blackbird, Band Tailed Pigeon, Great Blue Heron, Raven, Downy Woodpecker. The major shrub in the pastures here, from which I am getting most of my specimens, seen by the putres in Jepson's to be of the genus Lotus (Leguminosae), but I don't know for sure. Barn Swallow + Cliff Swallow both nesting around Jepson's place + the one at the end of the road. //// A bright sunny morning. But 8 sparrows + a Black-capped Chickadee was back in camp at 10. About 4:30 it started to mist then drizzle, now it is raining, but not hard. It looks like it will continue, tho. Will be not collecting
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Journal 13a. 3.1mi.N, 1mi.W, Fort Dick, sea level, Del Norte Co., Calif. typical pasture habitat of W.C. Sparrow. 3.1mi.N, 1mi.WFort Dick, sealvel, Del Norte Co., Calif. Collection site of PCB # 495, 508, 513.
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Balds 1954 Journal 14 June 11 3, 1 mi. N., 1 mi. W. Fort Whick, sea level, Del Norte Co. Calif. tomorrow if not impossible. New birds for this locality today: Savannah Sparrow, Vaux Swift, Black-capped Chickadee [heard before but not recorded] and Red-tailed Hawk. June 12 Got a late start this morning. Got 9 sparrows and was back in camp before 11, however. The glass was very wet; last it had stopped raining during the night and was overcast in the early a.m. About 10 a.m., a fairly hard, cold-wet wind started, lasting until about 6 p.m., when it got very still as it is now. It has been cloudy all day. After supper took a short walk; got a Chestnut-backed Chickadee near camp, a garter snake and a White-crowned Sparrow. Tried to get a Night-hawk until it got too dark. Tonight saw Spotted Sandpiper along the river, and an Ash-throated Flycatcher. Saw a bat - have heard them several evenings. June 13 Went out about mid-morning to take a few pictures. Didn't see anything new. Put up the skins shot last night, right after getting up. Got more garter snakes. Left this area about 11 a.m., drove to the Goose Bay area. Pretty country, but very crooked roads. Sunset Beach State Park, Coos Co., Oregon - but settled in a campsite here. This is a very nice park - a welcome change after roughing it.
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Barbo 1959 Journal 15. Sunset Beach State Park, Coos Co., Oregon. June 13 There seem to be some shooting areas not too far away, although the best are in the park. While trying to find a spot this afternoon, drove on north of North Bend. The area is all sand/dune or forest. I had hoped the sand would be covered with brush, but it is apparently barren, except for scattered trees. For a long stretch there were no White-crowns. That area is also inaccessible by car. I am now on the Empire 15 min. quad. of the tops of Empire. Birds here in the park are: Olive-backed Thrush, Bewick Wren, White-crowned Sparrow, Robin, Song Sparrow. I can see what appear to be Osprey nests in a couple of tall dead trees. June 14 It was raining when I woke up, so I slept in a while. But into the field about 8, and it started to rain again very shortly. Went back to camp, and did odd jobs for a bit. Now, at 9:45, it has cleared a little, but it looks like more rain. I am very unimpressed with this area, as far as White-crowned Sparrow habitat. Outside the park it is clear-cut forest, with a hard chegonal of blueberries, etc., forming a 3-4 ft. Thick cover, with very few openings. From what I have seen, the whole Coos Bay area is
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June 14 Sunset Beach State Park, Coos Co., Oregon poor habitat. Besides the birds noted yesterday, have seen so far today: Pileated Woodpecker, Hummingbird, American Goldfinch, Turkey Vulture, Condor, Whin-chat, Black-headed Grackle, Raven & Crow both around camp. Also is a Golden-crowned Kinglet singing. Flicker. Linn's Shore Acres, 500 ft., Coos Co., Oregon - This is essentially the same location as the park; it is my collecting locality, mostly just outside the park boundary, on top of the ridge. The area here is as previously described - cut, brushy, and in addition it has been burned. On top of the ridge, behind the quarry (on map) there are 3 old abandoned buildings. Barn Swallows are nesting here. The road, not on map, continues to the east. The valleys, or gorges (it is very dissected) still have some timber; mostly thick riparian growth, but occasional conifers. Back of the first ridge there are still some forested patches. Saw Band- tailed Pigeons, Purple Finch, and one female Ruffed Grouse. Saw one Garter Snake. Caught a Sterrhonotus, but it escaped. June 15 Spent until 5 p.m. today putting up the birds I shot yesterday p.m. Spent from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the field, in this same area - got, all told, 4 more White-crows and a Pine Siskin.
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Banks 1959 Journal 1ba. In S Shore Area, 500 ft., Coos Co., Oregon Logged, burned habitat, on slope facing sea. In S Shore Area, 500 ft., Coos Co., Oregon. A hidden valley, mostly burned, some good timber under side.
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Banks 1954 Journal 17. June 15 Linn's Shore Acres, 500+ft., Coos Co., Oregon,- A little farther along this trail than I had been yesterday, there opens on the left a large valley. This is generally the cut-burned aspect of the rest of the [illegible], but the ravines on the North slope still have some groves of starchy pine, and there are extensive patches of riparian growth in the bottom, where there is apparently a stream. The trail leads south, and I followed it to nearly the end. There is a beautiful view - it's nice country in spite of the poor forestry. I went as far as: Linn's Shore Acres, 700+ft., Coos Co., Oregon, where I obtained one of my spanions. On this high ridge, saw a pair of Red-tailed Hawks. Linn's Shore Acres, 500+ft., Coos Co., Oregon - Saw Tree Swallows at the edge of this valley. Also, back at camp, saw Belted Kingfisher and Western Flycatcher. June 16 Got a late start. Collected in some general locality. Entered the riparian habitat in the bottom of the large valley briefly. It is very dense - mostly Alder - there is a stream, apparently a dendrite of small streams. Birds were scarce, but it was noon. The area was very cool + moist, lots of fallen logs, but no salamanders. Got back to camp late, worked till after dark shinning.
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Banks 1959 Journal June 16 1 mi. S Shore Acres, 500 ft., Coos Co., Oregon June 17 Still didn't get done. Ill Worked till afternoon finishing shins + steps. New birds for the area yesterday - Orange-crowned Warbler, Steller Jay, Cedar Waxwing. Talked to the park ranger about the cutting and burning of my collecting area. He had no idea of when it occurred, but it was a long time ago (70's perhaps). Bruce Barker, the park foreman, brought his family around to see my operation. Unfortunately I had finished, but showed them my results. They spoke of birds that were probably the Towhee + Bullock Oriole /see sp account). The older boy also knew where to find "Water Dogs". Left this area about 3 p.m., after catching a Genbontus in the 8 shower room. Stopped at the Coos Bay Marine Station to see Cadet Ward + family. It was 4pm by the time I got away. Shortly after leaving the city of North Bend, it became overcast + foggy. It was that way plus occasional drizzles, all the way to Tillamook Co., where I am camped at Cape Lookout State Park, S N of the town of Tillamook, + where I am writing. Got there about 8pm, pitched camp in dark, almost in rain.
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Barbs 1959 Journal June 18. Cape Lookout State Park, Tillamook Co., Oregon This morning is dark, with a high fog. Can hear Golden Crowned Kinglet, Robin, White-crowned Sparrow, Olive-backed Thrush 6mi S 5mi W Tillamook, 4mi NE Tillamook Co. Oregon Hunted for a while in this recently logged area. White-crows are here, but widespread and very wild. The ground is muddy, and there is little or no grass. Brush is fairly thick, and there are many fallen logs. Birds here: olive-sided Flycatcher, Band-tailed Pigeon, Song Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak, Paleolated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Barn Swallow, Amer. Goldfinch, Allen (?) Hummingbird, Steller Jay, Bachin compare also the jays & warblers, also Oregon Junco, Western Flycatcher, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, hairy Woodpecker. Netarts Bay, Also here in the logged area, which is owned by Crown Zellerbach, saw Chipmunk and a deer. Caught some Vents. There are several rather rapid streams going thru bee. Netarts Bay spit, sea level, Tillamook Co., Or. In the afternoon hunted on this spit, which extends from State Park land. It is grassy & herbaceous in many places, with thicker brush of heaths, Rose, etc, in some areas. In some places it is hard to get thru, except by following deer trails. At the end of the bay there are
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Barko 1959 Journal 19a. 6mi S, 5mi N Tillamook, West Pt., Tillamook Co., Oregon. Crown Zellerbach land - a few White-crowns. Netarts Bay Spit, sea level, Tillamook Co., Oregon. Looking to spit across bay + marsh.
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Banks 1959 20 Journal June 18 Metcalf Bay spit, sea level, Tillamook Co., Oregon Long-tailed Marsh Wrens, Redwing, along the spit are White-crowned Savannah Sparrow, both common, the latter rare so, and a few Acer Goldfinch. Also saw Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, Crow, Killdeer, Western Gull and also a light-backed Gull, not identified, Cedar Waxwing. Also one pair of Violet-green Swallows. Toward the end if the spit (away from the path) there is a large fir (?) forest, trees not too high, but very dense. I could not get them at the place I tried to enter. Here saw Mourning Dove and heard Winter Wren, which I also heard this morning. There were Orange- crowned Warblers singing on the spit, in rather unusual, I felt, habitat for them. There are deer here-saw one- and many tailband tracks. It was sunny and quite warm on the spit for much of the afternoon, but windy. The fog hung on the hills just across the bay, just a few hundred feet high, but there was blue sky over me. June 19 Spent today in camp, shinning the birds I got yesterday. But 16 done have to do tomorrow morning. It has been overcast & dark allday, not warm but still comfortable. Saw a chipmunk in camp.
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Banks 1959 Journal 21 June 19 4 mi S, 4mi W Tillamook, sea level, Tillamook Co., Oregon Went to try to whistle span owl, but had no luck. Amused myself for an hour or so trying to catch frogs in a chorus in the roadside ditch. Got 4 Hyla, 4 Tanicha, and on the way back to camp got #3 Bufo in the road. June 20 What with shriming birds, taking care of herbs, cleaning up, etc., didn't get away from this camp till 1 PM. Did laundry + shopping in Astoria, then just missed the ferry. It was about dark around 9PM (I am on DST all the time). Pulled out to Haystack Island. The Twin Harbors State Park was full - there is an exceptionally low tide, the best of the season for clammers - and everyone is here. Stayed overnight at Frizzy Joe's Camping Area, a couple miles south of Westport. When I pulled in it was foggy, with occasional misting. June 21 A strong wind all night has somewhat dispersed the fog, and there are patches of blue sky showing. Left to find a hunting area about 7am, will go to the state park later today. Spent a couple hours just driving around the area, looking for birds and shooting areas. White-crowns are scarce, as is their habitat. Most of the land is in second-growth timber, and what has been
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Banks 1959 Journal 22. June 21 Westport, Gray's Harbor Co., Wash. area recently logged is extremely heavy with brush. There is some grass, but not hot brush. Finally found an area at: 4 mi S Westport, sea level, Gray's Harbor Co., Wash. where Mr. Roberts, who owns the land, gave me permission to "catch" birds. This tract is being laid out in lots, so won't be suitable for collecting very long. It is adjacent to the beach and to the road (134). It is sand, with a fair covering of grass, and occasional lupine (yellow). A slough runs thru it, and has some willows bordering it. Got 6 birds here in a short time. At this area saw Western Meadowlark, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Purple Finch, Amer. Goldfinch. In other nearby areas, saw additionally, in these places: 2 mi S, 3 mi E Westport - Golden Crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren, Say Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Tree Swallow, Olive-backed Thrush, Western Flycatcher, and at 2 mi S, 3 mi E Westport - Oregon Junco, Robin, Pearl Bluebird, Alder Flycatcher, Killdeer, Crow, Rufous Hummingbird, and Cowbird. Also have seen Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Cedar Waxwing, quail, and a [Blue] Goose. In the p.m., moved my camp to the—
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Bakho 1959 Journal 22a. 4mi's Westport, Grays Harbor Co., Wash. 4mi's Westport, Grays Harbor Co., Wash.
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Banks 1959 Journal 23. June 21 Twin Barlors State Lab, Brays Hall Co, Wash. where the Kniglet, Vire, V.C. Sparrow, White-backed Thrush + Crow all can be heard. Spent most of the afternoon setting up camp and putting up my birds. Now can hear a Whipthrash. June 22 The day started overcast, but soon cleared up. Hunted from 8-11am, good luck the first 2 hours, poor the last. Got 5 birds. Put them up in the afternoon. There was a cool NW breeze blowing most of today, as there was yesterday. Only new bird today is Flicker. Now, about 5:30pm, it is overcast again. Did more exploring in the evening, nearly going further on the roads I'd lean on. There is little good area that is shootable. Stopped at 2mi S, 3 mi E Westport, Sealend, Brays Hall Co, Wash. where I got one White-crowned Sparrow. A little ways east on the road there is a side road with a sign saying "State Land". I walked back (the road is blocked) about 1/2 mi. The area is cut and very brushy, but there is an old railroad bed, apparently, that gives access deep into it. Think I heard a Puffed Grouse drumming. Shot a Whipthrash. Whited for owl here + in a small stand of redwoods, but must have been too early.
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June 23 Twin Harors State Park, Grays Harbor Co., Wash. 4 mi S Westport, sea level Camped at first place - collecting at second. The day dawned cloudy, but it cleared & got sunny 'hot about 9. Collected from 8-11, got 7 sparrows. Not much luck till sun came out. Shined all afternoon, last night's + today's birds. New birds today: Bewick Vireo, 1Pt. of Morning Dove, + Yellowthroat, in the afternoon it clouded up, and about 6 began to rain. Looks like an all-night June 24 job. Apparently rained all night - when I woke up it was still dripping from the trees. Everything was wet, so I left. Drove on Rt. 101 up the coast of the Olympic Peninsula, arrived in Port Angeles just in time for the 2 o'clock ferry. Saw Whore + Blaccons-winged Gull on the crossing. Drove up Vancouver Island to Twin Firs Provincial Park, about a mile north of Ladysmith. Can hear Ohio-backed Thrush - the park is very nice, fire traps, a stream nearby. The area does not look good for White-crowns, however. Tomorrow will look around, perhaps collect. Took a short walk in the evening saw: Oregon Junco, Juncker, Robin, Flitcher, White-crowned Sparrow, altho the area is quite swampy, I heard no frogs.
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Banks 1954 25. Journal June 25 Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, B.C., vicinity Drove around this area from my camp 1 mi. N of town to several miles south, looking for places to shoot White-crowned Sparrows. The landscape is mostly forest. Most of the clear areas are on small farms, or just around houses, no adequate place to shoot. Areas that have been logged are very brushy, with many fallen logs and stumps and tops, almost impossible to get thru. My birds were abundant, but no place to shoot them. Found 2 places and got a total of 5 sparrows by noon. See catalog + species account. Left this camp & drove to Vernimo about 4 pm., drove on to Qualicum. Birds seen in Ladysmith area: Alder Flycatcher Amer. Goldfinch Song Sparrow Line Siskin Violet Green Swallow Crow Quail sp. (5 yrs.) Solitary Vires Downy Woodpecker Buffon-sided Turkey White-crowned Sparrow Olive-backed Thrush Belted Kingfisher Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Savanna Sparrow Olive-sided Flycatcher Killdeer Purple Finch Brewer Blackbird Western Bluebird House Wren Bench Wren Warbling Vireo
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Banks 1959 Journal 26 June 25 Judicum Falls Provincial Park, Vancouver Is., B.C. The location of the dot for this park on the map is misleading. It is not on the coast, near Judicum but is on the Little Judicum River, about [illegible] road mi. W of Parksville on Alberni Highway. It is a beautiful area. The hills are all evergreen-covered, and on the road to here one can see snow-capped mountains. The camp is in conifer forest. My site is in fir and incense cedar, trees 3 to 6 in. DBH, about 75 ft. tall, a few larger trees. This type forest extends on all sides. The only sounds are a stream, wind in the trees, an Olive-backed thrush, and my crackling campfire. Very few birds so far. Took a short walk about dark (10 p.m.), saw a Nighthawk, watched him diving and looning. June 26 Woke up to cloudy skies and a shower, but it didn't last long. Left camp and drove to the E west of the island, to Parksville and north # toward Judicum. This area is wooded, much as described for the more southern coast. There are many motels, resorts, etc., between the road (mt. 19) and the coast. About the only openings are around houses, or logged areas which have very thick brush. French Creek is between Parksville and Judicum. Collected in 2 places, only got 3 birds. (ten)
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Banks 1959 Journal 27 June 26 2½ mi N Parksville, Vancouver Island, B.C. - This is a field, mostly grass, with thistle and other weeds, about knee-high, and scattered cedars, right along the highway. It's perhaps 500 x 200 yds. Got 2 White-throats and 1 garter snake : Birds seen here or nearby : Alder Flycatcher Winter Wren Song Sparrow Flycatcher Robin Calif. Junco Cedar Waxwing Killdeer Chipping Sparrow Olive-backed Thrush Rufous-sided Towhee Goldfinch (Amer.) Barn Swallow. 1½ mi N, 2 mi W French Creek, Vancouver Is., B.C. Drove on here, about 2 mi farther on the road, n of the last locality. New birds here were : Orange-Crowned Warbler Tolmie Warbler Mourning Dove (1) Lazuli Bunting (head) Raven Jubilee Falls Provincial Park, Vancouver Is., B.C. As I got about 3 mi inland on return to camp, normally a series of showers. At camp, however, it had barely sprinkled. About 7 pm, it started to rain, and altho there has been some sun and one 5 min. break, it has rained constantly until now, 4:10 pm. I've stuffed all birds + taken care of all snakes. Birds seen here in the park today : Robin, Steller Jay, Tolmie Warbler, Varied Thrush (sp.) Band-tailed Pigeon, Chestnut-backed Chickadee.
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Bach 1959 28 Journal June 26 Iqabin Falls Provincial Park, Vancouver Is, B.C. Late in afternoon after the rain, took a short drive and walk. Saw White-crowned Sparrow 1/2 mi. away, Stained one. Saw: Pileated Woodpecker, Sooty Grouse L.(1), Egg Sparrow, Olive-sided Flycatcher, White Wren Yellowthroat. These were not within the park, but about 1/2 mi E. In morning returned to same area, saw Audubon Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, and caught a Geriflorio. June 27 11 1/2 mi W Parksville, Vancouver Is., BC - This is the locality where I got the Zonotrichia and Geriflorio yesterday. Revisited the area this morning, got another White-crown, and a Thamnophis. When I awoke the sky was clear & the sun was shining. While collecting, a storm moved in from the west - when I got back to the car it was sprinkling, and at camp, 1/2 mi. away, raining quite hard. Now 10am, still raining hard. Rained till noon. After lunch I took a drive across the island to the Alberni area, going as far south as possible to the edge of Port Alberni, and north almost to Gheat Central. Across the island is big and large wooded, but the Alberni Valley has a lot of clearing and a fairly large population. Tried to stop at couple places on way back,
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Banks 1959 Journal 29. June 27 Qualicum Falls Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, B.C. But everytime I stopped it began to rain. After supper visited a place about 3 mi. W of the park but didn't collect. June 28 Left this area about 10:30 a.m. Kye Bay, Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C. - Arrived in Comox just at noon. In general touring around, followed the Kye Bay Road clear to the Bay which is down a hill perhaps 200 ft. elev. Returned to top of hill and heard White-crowns sing. Asked at a home close by about property ownership. The area where birds were singing is Air Force, and there is an airstrip there. Wooded area at top of hill belongs to James Simon (American) ornithologist, very interested in birds. Talked to him at length, over an hour. He is a surveyor, a man about 45, and he tried to direct me to suitable collecting places. He knows several Lars in Comox, gave me directions to their places. He also directed me to the farm of people named Knight where I collected. This farm adjoins the Air Force land, and is across the road from Simon's. The Knight farm (ca. 70 acres) is mostly weedy field, some growing up to Aspen, used for pasture - very little cultivation. It is ideal White-crown habitat, but birds are scarce. Got 4
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Banks 1954 Journal 30. June 28 Kyte Bay, Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C. sparrows and agate snake. Birds seen in the area: Towhee Brown Blackbird Amer. Goldfinch Cliff Swallow Killdeer Nighthawk (nest) Yellowthroat White-crowned Sparrow Robin W. Wood Pewee Rice Biskini There is an active Bald Eagle nest on Simon's property, but I did not see birds. Drove into Comox, next to visit Head Bear, who knows both Simon & Mrs. Knight. Talked with him for about an hour, had tea & cookies, she gave me a bag of cookies. Met his wife. They are both old, over 80, but still active. From here went to visit H.M. Lang, who lives near Pease's, had supper with him. From his window observed Osprey, Great Blue Heron, and Yellow Warbler, Violet-green Swallow nest in a box on his porch. He is in his early 70's, has a collection of about 2000-2500 birds. Picked out 10 breeding White-crowns to borrow. He is strictly the old-time outdoorsman Dusky-sided Towhee Ring-necked Pheasant Calif. Jacal (chicks) Barn Swallow Crow Raven Chick-lacked Thrush Redwing Mourning Dove Violet-green Swallow Heavy Woodpecker
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Banks 1954 Journal 31. June 28 Kye Bay, Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C. type, lives alone. He has travelled collected a lot knows a lot about birds & mammals, and is one of the last of the "old school" of ornithologists. He is currently working on a biography of the Allen Brooks, going over his old diaries, & has just completed some work on the Pigeon Hawk. Left him about 5 p.m., drove to Miracle Beach Prov. Park, made camp about 9-9:30 p.m., after which I made these notes. ? A down Force to Kye Bay. x Simono, eagle nest Knight's. x 30? Bay Rd. Rd. Kye Beach Resort June 29 Oyster River, Vancouver Island, B.C. - This river crosses the highway about a mile or two north of Miracle Beach. Just across the bridge on the west, there is a large cleared area which has been laid out in lots, but not sold. The area
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Banks 1959 32. Journal June 29 Oyster River, Vancouver Island, B.C. Probably a hundred acres, is mainly grass, quite tall, with a few patches of small trees, a scattering of stumps and logs. On the surface, it appears to be good White-crow habitat, but the birds are scarce. I got only 4, saw only 3 pr., and I covered a good bit of the area. It seems that Chipping Sparrows occupy the Zonotrichia [illegible] (habitat, at least). here. Took 1 chippy, 2 garter snakes, and 6 Quercus [illegible] here. Western Meadowlarks abound the first seen, in abundance, on the island. Also I saw or heard: Yellow Warbler Western Flycatcher Violet-green Swallow Amer. Goldfinch Barn Swallow Alder Flycatcher Ring-necked Pheasant, Robin Band-tailed Pigeon Thrasher Olive-backed Thrush Sylvian Vireo Orange-crowned Warbler. Saw also 2 deer, a doe and a spike-buck, feeding in the grass. Macaulay Rd., 14 mi. N Courtenay, Vancouver Isld., B.C. Met Mr. Pease at the junction of this road and the highway, a few 10ths of a mile S of the park entrance, at 10:30. Drove about 5 miles, and the country opened up into some good farms. A Wm. Johnson (sp?) who runs a farm gave permission to shoot here. Took 3 White-crows,
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Banks 1959 Journal 33. June 29 Macaulay Rd, 14 mi N Courtenay, Vancouver Isld, B.C., which seemed quite abundant throughout this territory. Continued on the road till it was no longer got a road, then on to on. This is one of Mr. Pease's favorite areas. Back in here there is a large swamp, here Pease often finds Eastern Kingbird, Wood Quail, and Bitterns, but me saw none of these. Several Beaver houses here. Birds seen: Redwing Yellow Warbler Orange-crested Warbler Yellowthroat Robin Olive-backed Thrush Flicker Downy Woodpecker Cedar Waxwing White-crowned Sparrow Solitary Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Belted Kingfisher Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Alder Flycatcher Black Swift Nighthawk Turkey Vulture Anderson Warbler Continued on the road to the farm of the Krentziger's. They have a son at U.C., Berkeley. There is a small lake on the farm, but I saw nothing on it. The road soon becomes a public road again, & joins the highway as Endall Rd, several miles S of Macaulay Rd. Returned to camp, shined till dark, picked Salamanders, wrote snake labels, & then these notes.
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Banks 1959 June 30 Journal Needa speech and sometime in the night. Finished the shins I had to do and left this camp at noon. Drove to Vancouver + caught the ferry to Vancouver. On the way saw 2 Bald Eagles flying north, just south of Union Bay. On the ferry, saw Glaucous-Winged Gulls. Lost tost in Vancouver, but drove over B.C.'s, 7+1 to between Hope and Princeton, where I spent the night at a picnic site next to a campground. ///\ Up early, drove to Osoyogoos and on into Washington. There is a fairly abrupt change in vegetation type a few miles N of Princeton. Going east, one goes down a long hill, and immediately the Big Fir decreases, Pines come in, Sage is seen, and the forests thin noticeably. The Okanagan Valley is very reminiscent of Great Basin. It is a big fruit district, has a good climate. Today it was over so as I drove south. Continued to Okanagan, Wash., across at 16 to Winthrop, to Mazama, where I talked to the Ranger at great length. He is somewhat interested in birds, knows a few. He reports Starmizan and Lencostile on Hart's Pass. The road to the pass is being worked on, and now extends to the top of Slate Peak, where they are going to build a radar station. The road to the pass is not good, but I made it - along hard.
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Banks 1959 35. Journal July 1 Haute Pass, 6197 ft. Chelan Co., Wash. The campground is about under 2 ft. of snow. Found a small clear area where I could set up camp, can't fire stove, I hope. It's clouding up now, may rain. Saw deer on the way up, there is a chipmunk at my camp. Not much bird life seen yet - Canada Jay, and a few sounds I haven't identified yet. There is a strong breeze from the west. 7:45 After unting the stove, took a walk toward Slate Peak. Saw a Chickaree in camp, saw a Robin, found its nest about 12 ft. up in a small fir. Several times heard Savannah Sparrow sing, but got only glimpses. Collected a fox sparrow. Chipping Sparrow + Vermit Thrush also sent heard. I got high enough to get into the clouds - it was misting, came back to camp, where it misted till I went to bed. But to 6500 or 6800 ft., I guess. July 2 Very windy & cold, cloudy this morning, but shows signs of clearing. A few minutes after 2 get-up, a pair of Canada Jay and a Ruby-cra, Knight came thru camp, the knight with crest erect & scolding the silent jays. Oregon Junco here in camp also. My hands are so cold I can hardly write. Collected from about 9 to near noon. Walked up the road toward Slate Peak, then went off road to the
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Banks 1959 July 2 Journal 36 Hunts Pass, 6700 ft., Chelan Co. Wash. right, into a very wet meadow, where there were still fairly large patches of snow. There was much running water from melt, but a few more sloping areas were dry, indicating that when the snow melts it will be much drier. The elevation of this little valley is about 200 ft. higher than the pass, or about 6400, tho I have used the pass as my locality - it is perhaps 1 mi. N.E. There is no brush, except for the lower, heat-down branches of the firs and some younger firs. The grass and herbs, some flowering, are only 3-4 inches high. Collected the same area in the afternoon, but walked up to to the top of Slate Peak late in the afternoon. In the morning it was dark & cloudy, with frequent drizzle, and it snowed a little at noon. Shortly after noon the sun came out and it got quite warm, but also got very windy. As I walked up the mt. it drizzled more, & snowed a little more. All in all it was a bad day. Following birds noted today: Robin White-crowned Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Canada Jay Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Mountain Chickadee Oregon Junco Mountain Bluebird Lewcstite
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Banks 1959 Journal 368. Harts Pass, 6200 ft., Okanagan Co., Wash. View of wet meadow from road to Slate Creek. Ranger cabin is down the road to the right. View from Slate Creek, Okanagan Co., Wash.
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Babs 1959 Journal 37. July 2 Harts Pass, 6200 ft., Okanagan Co., Wash. Saw a Clark's Nutcracker near the top of Slate Peak also Lupit. Also saw a Hoary Marmot in a large snowdrift - it called my attention to it by whistling. The evening was quite cold and windy. Don Jones, the guard at this station, arrived at noon. Very cold + windy at night so I slept inside the guard cabin. July 3 Woke up late - the cloud cover was only a few hundred feet above the cabin. It snowed off on all morning, but about 10 a.m., it cleared up some, and I started out. Before that it was too bad. Temp. was 36°F. at 8am. A Dusky Breeze flushed from a tree as I left the road to get to the same meadow that I worked yesterday. It was very windy + rather cold all morning, but I collected 3 birds, got back to camp at 1 p.m. The afternoon was fairly clear, but still very windy, and I could not get any birds. Did not even see a bear many. Drove up to Slate Peak with Don Jones late in the afternoon, saw a couple of Hoary Marmots (2), one the same as yesterday. Very cold but clear at night. In camp just before dark saw a Robin chasing a Steller Jay, the first of the latter species observed here.
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Banks 1954 Journal 38 July 4 Harts Pass, Oregon & Wash. 6200+ft. Clean & bright, a few clouds in N & NW, and very little wind this morning. A really beautiful day. Packed up my gear and left about 9:30 a.m. Drove to just below Bend, Oregon, by midnight or so. In the valley as soon as I had descended from Harts Pass, I saw Lewis Woodpecker and Magpie, both of which I saw frequently on south, the woodpecker very common. Stopped at Chelan, Chelan Co. Wash., for ice. The ice plant here is run by Joseph Pisani, who also does taxidermy work. He used to work for Calif. Academy at San Francisco. He gave me a wildcat which had been killed on the road the previous night. I gutted it thought it back. July 5 Drove from S of Bend, Oregon, to Berkeley. Stopped at Winter Lake, which was clouded. Just south of these saw Wilson Snipe sitting on a post. At Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, north of Klamath Falls, saw California Gull and White Pelican, plus ducks which I did not stop to identify. After 12hr drive, got to Berkeley about 7 p.m.
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Berkeley 1954 Journal 39. July 8 Kaiser pass area, Fresno Co., Calif. - Left Berkeley at 8:30 am. Drove Rt.99 to Madera, than at east to hit Rt.168 to this area. Reached the summit of the pass about 3 p.m. The last 10 miles or so of this road, past Huntington Lake, is very narrow and steep. The area impresses me as very hot and dry, with a thin pine forest which does not extend onto some hillsides because of the rock. Although the pass is 9175 ft. (acc. to topo & forest service maps) it is hot! No snow - people say there was very little this winter. Drove on past the pass to Jarbars Meadow, 7300 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. - which is by Florence Lake, the end of the road. This side of the pass is much rockier, with huge granite outcrops and less trees. The road is passable but not tops. Shot 4 Sycophorus by the meadow. Got the following kind list here: Western Wood Pewee Mountain Chickadee Oregon Junco Violet Green Swallow Robin Steller Jay Redwing Cowbird (1) Brown Blackbird W. Meadowlark (young?) Song Sparrow Also saw ground squirrels, (C. beechyi?), Chipmunk, and some young rabbit. Drove back to the pass - it is a four's drive.
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Banks 1954 Journal July 8 .8 mi's Kaiser Pass, 8500 ft., Fresno Co. Caly. This is the location of my camp. It is a nice area, near a stream and small meadow, with a rocky, grassy slope across the road. It is 1.1 road miles from the pass, between the pass and Badger Flat. Got here just as the sun went behind the hill. The company is mostly open, but there are 5 large trees (3 pine, 2 redwood) which give shelter most of the day. July 9 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9100 ft., Fresno Co. Caly. Got here at 6:30 to collect. The meadow lies just beyond the pass. It is quite extensive, with pine bordering and intruding. The meadow is very wet - there is 2 or 3 inches of water in places and is grass and flowers up to 4" high. White- crowns are in the pines all around. There are a few small streams running thru the meadow, with frogs in the deeper pools. Saw the following birds: Mountain Chickadee Cassinia Finch Hermit Thrush White-Breasted Nuthatch Robin Oregon Junco Mt. Bluebird White-Crowned Sparrow Brown Creeper Chipping Sparrow Breuer Blackbird W. Wood Peewee Ruby-crowned Krislet Flicker (nest) Western Tanager Anderson Warbler Solitary Vireo (seemst day) House Wren Steller Jay.
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Banks 1958 Journal 41. July 9 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9100 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. - Collected 11 White-crows and a Pine Grosbeak. also saw a mouse (briefly), Chickadee, and heard & saw movings of Ground Squirrels. Back to camp, shined till dark. July 10 Arrived here about 7. Poor hunting today, Got 7 White-crows, a Ground Squirrel (zp?) and a Cassin Finch. Added birds: Red- breasted Mithatch (?) and Vilhaison Sapsuckers These are Hummingbirds but just whiz by. Saw mice movng thru grass a couple tries. Appear to be Microtus. 8mi, 5 Kaiser Pass, 8500 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. - Shined until about 5:30, then wrote notes. Flies are very bad here in camp, few mosquitoes. Mosquitoes at the meadow are nearly unbearable - never seen or been bitten by so many. No birds here in camp that aren't above, but I haven't had much chance to look around. There is a large nest in a tree close by, but have not seen anything around it. Went walking about dusk to see if I could get anything. Saw some Lates, but couldn't set one. July 11 Up at 5 a.m., started out at 6. Only got 3 White - crows. Wanded about a good deal, on the E side of the road, up to perhaps 9000 ft. Saw deer. These hills are honeycombed with the
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Barks 1957 Journal 42. July 11 .8 mi S Kaiser Pass, 8800 ft, Fresno Co., Calif. Tales and burrows of small mammals. No sign of reptile of any sort. Back to camp at 10. Put up my birds, had lunch, broke camp, and headed home. New birds today: Velsie Warbler Pileolated Warbler Mt. Junail (young 1 or 2 days old) Green-tailed Towhee Olive-sided Flycatcher. Found the nest of a Western Tanager. Wednesday, near the summit, saw 2 Band-tailed Pigeon. Hummingbirds are thick here, lots of chasing. Could not shoot nor identify them. I believe that the Solitary Vireo reported earlier was an error. Both Cassin Finch + Western Tanager have been making nests very similar to the Vireo ones. Drove to the summit to take some pictures. Saw Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel at top. As I left, it was -thundering, and clouding up. It is just 250 mi. from the summit to Berkeley (MV2) July 14+6 MV2 - Spent parts of these three days putting up the birds brought back from Harts Pass once. They are not in very good shape, most being soft + beginning to slip on the belly. All these birds are fat. Many or all seem a little emaciated from drying out on feet.
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Barbo 1954 Journal 43. Oct. 2 Soglen Creek Exp. Sta. 6400+ft, 3mi NW Yola Mill, Nevada Co., Calif. We were on Mammalogy (2nd/135) field trip. Dr. Benson, 4 students, C. Thaler, W. Maker are here. Students set traps in various places. One Oregon Juncos was cought in a musserm special, put up tonight. I shot a chipmunk in p.m., near rock slide. Radvorsky put Oct. 3 Trip. Tried a little hunting today, saw chickadees, D.V.M, Ground Squirrel, Chipmunks; shot 1 Chipmunk. John Uphinick got a Juncos and a Linedin Sparrow in traps; I put them up. In late morning, went gopher trapping with Charlie Thaler, at 1.5mi E Calpine, 4925+ft., Siera Co., Calif. I shot a Darkel Sparrow. Moved to 3.6mi N, 1.8mi E Calpine, 4950+ft, Plumas Co., Calif. one of the gopher trapping localities. Here there was sage, grass, and pine groves. Juncos, White-crowned Sparrow were feeding in grass +sage, shot 1 Field Sparrow; Mountain Blue- birds also here. In the pines there were White- headed Woodpecker (I shot 1, Thaler put it up) and White-breasted Nuthatch. In the Sierra Valley here we saw Marsh Hawk, Blackbilled Magpie, Western Meadowlark, and Brewer Blackbird, Oct. 4 Today Torha Williamson's Sapsucker in a pine tree. Had 2 gophers - see Thaler's notes. Left the station about 2 p.m., Ken Evans got a Junc., White-crowned Sparrow in a trap.
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Banks 1959 Journal 44. Nov. 14-15 Tomales Point, 0-250 ft., Marin Co., Calif.- Here on a Mammalogy (2nd, 135) field trip with Dr. S.B Benson, students Ken Evans, Frank Rodowsky, Bob Bankhe, John Hopkirk, + Lorain Barnes. John Barnes also dog. Met at Benson's place near Inness, checked traps he had set for Mountain Beaver the night before, on the road to Pt. Reyes. We arrived at the Lower Pierce Ranch, near the end of Tomales Point, about noon, and made camp in the old millhouse. The ranch is unoccupied. The point is grazed, and is a mixture of grass and brush, very open at very the present, and low grass because of the lack of rain. The west slope of the point is very steep, the east more gradual with wide, longer gullies, and more brush. In the afternoon, we hiked around the point, looking at animal sign and habitat. At low tide the beach (eastside) is narrow & rocky, except at the openings of the gullies from the ridge where there is a narrow sand beach. At high tide it is difficult to get along the shore. In late p.m., students set traps. Benson set 5 steel traps. Caught, in the evening, 1 Fox and 2 voles. Went night hunting; Benson called, with predator call, several dope+ coons, but it was a bright night & they didn't come very close. Sun morning we
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Banks 1959 Journal 45. Nov 14-15 Tomales Point, 0-250 ft., Marin Co. Calif. picked up traps, broke camp about 11 a.m. Caught wee; Peromyscus maniculatus, Sorex trowbridgii, Mus musculus californicus, Reithrodontomys. On the afternoon hike, in Tomales Bay, we saw many Surf Scoters, a Loon, and 4 Black Scoter. On the west side of the point we saw Black Turnstone. On the plains there was a variety of song birds. Andalus Warblers were common wherever there were trees or high brush, some even foraging at the water's edge. Song Sparrows were seen in thick brush. Koen-tis heard occasionally, Black Phoebes were abundant. Saw one Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-crowned Sparrow were very common, in large flocks, and Golden-crowned Sparrows were fairly common. Scrub Jays were present, not abundant. On Bird Rock, we saw Cormorants, Brown Pelicans in large numbers, and gulls - Western Gull, +others. In late afternoon, on the east side of the point, saw Least Willet, +Black-bellied Plover, and a small flock (15+) of Sandelings. Sunday a.m., there were Black+Surf Scoters, 3+?, and 2 ? Mergansers. On the west side, Evans + I saw 3 Harlequin Ducks, and a large flock (200+) of Western Grebes. Also saw a few Horned Grebes. Both days, hawks,
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Bands 1959 Journal 46. Nov. 14-15. Tomales Point, 0-250 ft., Marin Co., Calif. esp. Red-tailed Hawks, were common on the peninsula, and Sparrow Hawks were seen several times along the road. Sun. morning, shot one plumaged Anna hummingbird at the ranch. Other birds seen were: Calif. Juvail, Azer. Pipit (on return trip), Killdeer, Brewer Blackbirds
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Banks, R. C. 1959 Species Accounts Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals
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Banks 1959 Bufo boreas June 19, 4 1/2 mi S, 4 mi W Tillamook, sea level, Tillamook Co., Oregon Found 3 of these toads crossing the road. This locality is not exact; they were, however, all on the road between here and the entrance to Cape Lookout State Park,
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Banks 1959 Hyla regilla June 19 4 1/2 mi's, 4mi.W Tillamook, sea level, Tillamook Co, Oregon Caught 4 of these beasts, all different looking, in the roadside ditches. There were many many calling, but even with the flashlight I couldn't spot them. There was one - two inches of water in the ditch. Tadpoles were abundant, and there were a few newts.
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Banks 1959 Rana Boylei May 9 2 mi S Westport, sealevel, Mendocino Co., Calif. - Pt. #1 cuts inland here in a big loop where a stream has cut a good sized gorge. There is a little dirt fenced-off road following the stream course to a small beach. Besides this fairly large stream a small one meets the sea here too. See Map. Where the small stream stops there is about a 1/5x 3 pond of brackish water - I tasted it. Here I gathered some small frogs. At the mouth of the larger stream were many more small and a few large frogs, which I didn't catch. This water was flowing swiftly but I didn't taste it - I assume it was fresh. Upstream here, about 10 ft. elev., I found a bunch of small tadpoles and egg masses - most of the masses were just hatching and breaking up. Got parts of two and one fairly complete earlier one, with larvae. The egg masses were attached to sides of rocks or large sticks in the algae-filled water - water only about 4-6 inches deep. The frogs at the little stream were clustered around about 3 ft. of sedge, & some would partly dig into the sand.
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Banks 1959 Rana boylei 2. May 24 Husser Creek, 5600 ft., 3 mi. S 2 mi. E Hubart Mills, Nevada Co. Calif. Found a yellow-legged frog in this stream, and saw several others in water filled depressions near the stream, filled with melt- or flood water.
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Banks 1959 Aneides ferreus June 28 Oyster River, Vancouver Island, B.C. Turned over a charred log in this grassy field, and it partly fell apart, exposing a salamander. Tore the log apart, found some more altho the field & log were dry, it was charred, its interior was quite moist & rotting. There were also many Isopods in the log. The salamanders were deep in the wood, not just under the bark. They put out a slime all over them. I tore apart other logs nearby, but they seemed less rotten and less moist, and I found no other salamanders. 647-652.
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Banks 14159 Taricha granrosa ! June 18. 6mi S, 5mi W Tillamook, 400 ft., Tillamook Co., Ore. In a pool of standing water - not on a stream about 15 x 12 x 1 ft., got several of these newts. A few escaped. The bottom was exceedingly muddy, very soft, so that when I tried to wade, I sank in over my ankles. I found that by using a stick I could make them move to the edge of the pool, where I could grab them. Sometimes I could even catch them aniships and drag them to me, or even flip them out of the water. I saw no eggs, but one pair was in amplexus when caught. There is no vegetation in the pond - it is surrounded by mud - but there a few dead roots sticking into the pool. The water is cool, but not really cold. There are a few "water spiders" or "striders" on the pool. Deer tracks are all around. ReB 561-570. June 19 4 1/2 mi S, 4mi W Tillamook, sea level, Tillamook Co., Ore. Caught 4 newts in the water of the roadside ditches. ReB 588-591.
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Banks 1959 Gerrhonotus June 14 Linn's Shore Acres, 500+ ft. Coos Co., Oregon Caught a lizard at the side of the quarry. Back at camp, it had escaped from my snake bag and reel. // Found a lizard in the trunk of my car - same size as the last. I assume it is the same one, and have treated it as such. At any rate, I am only 2 miles away from that collecting spot. Sunset Bay State Park, sea level, Coos Co., Ore. Caught an alligator lizard in the men's shower about 2:30 p.m. # 557. June 26 1/2 mi. W Barksville, Vancouver Is., B.C. In a dump area here, 1/2 mi E of the Indian Park, on the N side of the Alberni Highway turned over some trash, saw & captured one alligator lizard. It is 633.
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Banks 1959 Thamnophis May 1 2.2 mi NW Bolinas, 300+ft., Marin Co., Calif. - Caught one small garter snake near a stream here. A short time later (about 4 p.m.) saw another near the road, but it got away. It was quite large. Caught another fair sized one in some place a few minutes later. In about an hour, found one crossing the road about 1/2 mile nearer Bolinas (this is Mesa Rd., or County Rd.) in a low wet area. These are RCB 417, 418, 419. The intermediate sized one of the 3 is the one from the wet, lower area. May 9 2 mi S Westport, sea level, Mendocino Co., Calif. Picked up a snake - real visions - on the road here. 2 mi N mouth of Ten Mile River, sea level, Mendocino Co., Cal. Another, D.O.R. In formalin as RCB 422. Mouth, Ten Mile River, sea level, Mendocino Co., Calif. Got two along the road leading to the Fosteri home. June 9 3.1 mi N, 1/2 mi W Fort Dick, sea level, Del Norte Co., Calif. - This point, measured from the crossroad at Ft. Dick, marks a bend in a now unused road on the Jepson Ranch. Right at this corner there is a large concentration of garter snakes. They are big, very fast - some jumping from a small latch to seek cover in the brush. The area is grassy, bordered one way by pasture, the other
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Banks 1959 2. Thamnophis June 9 3.1 mi N, 1 mi W Fort Whith, sea level, Del Norte Co., Califf. ways by riparian woods. I got six this afternoon, REB 479-484. Some have tripper lateral, some 8. All are very buffy or orangish around the neck. Most if there are, I think, June 10 gravel 47. III at 5 pm. today took 3 more snakes from the same area. The sun hit this spot nearly all day. REB 496-498. June 12 As I was approaching this spot about 5 today, there were 2 cats, over there, and I could find no snakes. A ways west, however, in brushy weedy pasture, I found one garter snake under some pieces of bark. This is REB 518. This is small, seems different from the others. June 13 But one snake in the brushy land not too far from # 518, (# 520) and three more in the first place at the bend of the road. These are REB 521-523. June 16 Lin's Shoe Acres, 500 ft. Coos Co., Oregon - There is a small deep running over the side of the granny tree. As I was going along looking for frogs, saw a very small garter snake in the grass. It is now REB 553. Have seen a few other garter snakes in the general area, but have I been able to obtain them. June 18 Metato Bay spit sea level, Tillamook Co., Oregon - Caught one of 2 snakes seen, REB 587. This seems to be a different species, its stripes being orange.
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Barby 1954 Thamnophis 3, June 25 4mi S Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, B.C. Got one snake in a cut-burned area bee. Saw one other disappear. Looks like good snake country, but haven't seen many. June 26 2 1/2 mi N Parksville, Vancouver Island, B.C. # 630 was obtained in a field of weeds, grass, + thistles, little high brush and few logs. It flattened its head and neck and struck at me fiercely, opened its mouth widely June 27 11 1/2 mi. W Parksville, Vancouver Island, B.C. - Saw a garter snake last night, caught one (635) this morning, in Braden, in a built-up area in a swampy place. Braden is the main plant, with grass + a shrub (?) growing in the water nearby. This snake has a light day above belly, whereas those obtained yesterday are dark below. June 28 Kye Bay, Cormos, Vancouver Island, B.C. - Caught another of the lighter snakes in this pasture type area, about 150+ft, deep (guess). It was perfectly quiet as I walked over it, and I nearly missed it. It did not move until I turned and went back for it. It is 641. June 29 Oyster River, Vancouver Island, B.C. - Caught 2 snakes in grassy field on N side of river, 1/2 mi. from highway. 646 is light black, 653 is small & light, very dechred. Saw but missed 2 others.
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Banks 1954. Calif. Quail May 1, 2.2mi NW Bolinas, 300±ft., Marin Co., Calif. Flushed a covey of about 30 quail in a draw. It seems late for covies. Also, at different places, saw paired birds. May 10 Mouth, Ten Mile Prairie, sea level, Mendocino Co., Calif. A good number of these birds here. Most of them are in pairs, but a couple of times saw as many as 6 adults together. June 25 Kyte Bay, Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C. I have seen these birds in good numbers in cleared areas over the east side of the island. Today saw chicks, barely dry, very small.
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Balds 1959 Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus June 9 3, min N, 1 mi W Fort Bridg, sealevel, Del Norte Co, Calif. As I arrived here at 2 p.m. heard a 2-note call of this owl: hoo-hooooo. Later in pm. heard it again, several times on each occasion. During the afternoon, in the riparian-redwood woods, many times heard a "three" sound, thought it was a Red-tailed Hawk somewhere. I noticed the small birds, esp. Russet-Backed Thrushes, several times set up a fuss with alarm notes. About dusk heard the sounds again & investigated. There were 2 large but mostly dowry young owls which I assume are this species. They are capable of some flight, as one flew from one branch to another. I did not see adults. After dark they apparently moved, as I can hear the sneezes in another direction now.
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Barke 1954 Chordeiles minor - Nighthawk 3.1 mi. N, 1 mi. W Fort Dick, Del Norte Co., Calif. sea level June 12. Why first evening in this camp June 9, I heard nighthawks calling. Heard them several other times, and tonight finally saw them. There were at least 2, perhaps 4- I couldn't keep track of them. They were feeding quite high over the weedy brushy pastures + riparian woods, as well as over the river. I got one shot and missed. Now, as I write these notes, I can hear them flying overhead, giving their characteristic "peach" note. June 13 Brookings, Curry Co., Oregon. - Just about noon, as I stopped in this town, heard and saw nighthawks flying over the town. June 22 2 mi S, 3 mi E Westport, sea level, Clatsop Harba Co., Osh. Walking along an old railroad bed leading into a cut, very brushy area, I heard 1 or 2 of these birds. Saw and heard one dive "boom" from a height of perhaps 100 ft, it held its wings back up and come down at about a 45 degree angle - at the bottom it apparently spread its wings and the air rushing thru caused the boon, actually a "whoom" - very similar to an Anna Hummingbird, only more. It dove straight at me twice, pulling out of the dive about 10 ft over my head - straight on view looked like: \w/ , I shot it as it dove [RCB 6/4, toward me, blowing off a good part of its left wing.
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Banks 1959 Chordeiles minor 2. June 28 Kye Bay, Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C. A bird flushed from the ground ahead of me with a very peculiar flight. On a slightly raised area without vegetation there was a little cleared area containing one egg, which was warm. There was a part of a broken shell a few inches away. The egg was next to a rock about 1½ x the size of the egg. Can hear another bird flying peeping, and the one that flushed just flew past me and landed on a fence post 25 yds. away.
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Bailey 1959 Chaetura sp. May 10 Month, Jenkile Piers, sea level, Mendocino Co., Calif. Saw these birds here, and as far north as Westport, yesterday and today. Never saw more than 2 at a time. This morning shot a bird from swooping low over a sometimes-pastured field - it, as were many of the others I saw, was flying more or less in association with swallows (e.g., Barn). As I recall, the swifts were all silent - differing from the Chimney Swift in this respect. The bird I shot was a S (REB 463) with nearly round tests measuring 4mm. There was no well developed cloacal protuberance; the ventral surface was largely bare, but while fairly thick-skinned, did not seem to be vascular or edematous. There was a large single-layered area in the back and roof of the skull. The [illegible], at the point of flexure while shinning, were soft & pliable - couldn't thread them, but cut them instead. The claws were bent back on the toes (reflexed), apparently naturally, not just a result of death, or claw. There are a couple of old dead hollow trees here, about 2 mi. from the shore where a small stream enters the north side of the [illegible] valley. Saw swifts and tree swallows there occasionally, and suspect they may find this a suitable nesting site.
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Banks 1959 Chaetura vauxi 2. May 4 Prosser C., 5600ft, 2mi. E 1mi S Dolan Mill, Nevada C., Calif. Saw two birds near Prosser Creek for just a few minutes, in a general area of sage and pine. June 8 Coyote Leah, 3000ft, Humboldt Co., Calif. - In the middle of the afternoon, saw 2 of these birds foraging over the bald area here. June 11 3.1mi. N, 1mi. W Fort Vick, sea level, Del Norte C., Calif. This morning saw one bird flying over the pasture.
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Banks 1959 Stelgidopteryx May 10 month, San Mile Creek, sea level, Mendocino C. Calif. There are several of these birds here, feeding with Cliff & Barn Swallows, and exp. flying around a bluff on the county road going into the Foster place. Cannot tell if they are nesting - they do not enter holes in the cliff, but fly by less much more often than the other species. The county road crew, however, is eating away the cliff, so the habitat may be ruined.
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Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica June 18 kmis, smiw Tillamook, 400 N., Tillamook Co., Oregon Here, on Brown Zellerbach property, there is parked a very old moving van - has obviously been here for years. The back is open. Inside is a Barn Swallow nest, which has 4 eggs,
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Birds 1959 Perisoreus canadensis July 2—Nato Pass, Grant Co., Idaho.—Saw a pair of these birds when I arrived here last evening about 6 p.m. This morning I saw them in my camp, followed closely by a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, as they hopped silently from tree to tree; the kinglet, crest patch erect, following giving a “— — —” “peet, peet, peet” constantly. Later, a single bird came into camp, followed by the kinglet, and I collected it as 660. A few minutes later the other bird came into camp, with the kinglet, gave notes in perfect imitation of an Olive-sided Flycatcher, then more typical Jay notes, quite obviously looking for its mate; I couldn't get a shot. It flew away, going only a tree or two at a time, with the kinglet following a few feet behind. The bird collected was molting heavily, as indicated by its rectrices (one tail feather fell out during preparation). The body was molting, seen from inside, but not the head. The bird was a ♂, with testes only 3mm. long. The skull was completely ossified. Both lateral rectrices lost.
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Banks 1959 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 3. 1mi N, 1mi W Fort Dick, sea level, Del Norte Co., Calif. June 11 Have heard these birds several times in the last couple days. This is the first one I have seen. It was shot while giving a -- call from an older in a small grove. Another is here, also giving same call. RCB 504. Late, in the afternoon, saw near camp, where I have heard them previously, carrying food in its mouth. Shortly after this one was foraging in the redwood just over my head. There are also Chestnut- backed Chickadees here - I saw a family of them in the morning.
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Banks 1959 Parus rufescens 3.1 mi N, 1 mi W Fort Dick, sea level, Del Norte Co., Calif. June 12 Several times since I have been here I have seen the land these birds, at least once saw a flock—apparently a family. This evening I shot one near camp from such a family group. It is #517. The bird had a completely 2-layered skull.
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Banks 1954 Turnus migratorius July 1 Hart's Pass, 6200 ± ft., Okanogan Co., Wash. - Several of these birds in the area - infected. They are very abundant. Found a nest about 12 ft. up (a bird flushed) in a 15± ft. Fir, the tree only a couple feet in diameter including all branches. Could not see in nest. July 3 Saw as many as 5 birds feeding together in small area, with only minor show of antagonism. At camp, saw a & Robin chasing a Steller Jay around and around a small Fir. They made 5 or 6 quick circles - the Robin finally chased the jay to another tree, and then out of the area.
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Banks 1959 Sialia currucoides July 2 Hart's Pass, 6200+ft., Oshagan Co. Wash - Saw a single individual of this species today. July 3 observed a pair of these birds, and after a long chase obtained one bird, # 671.
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Golden Crowned Kinglet. June 14 Sunset Beach State Park, Cos C., Oregon - I heard and saw a bird in a conifer at my campsite here. The area is mostly alder & elder + Rubus right at camp, but there are a couple of evergreens scattered around. The hillsides just outside the park are clear- cut, but were once apparently forests.
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Banks 1959 Anthus spinoletta July 2 Harts Pass, 6200 ft., Okanagan Co., Calif. - Obtained no. 665, which was sitting on a rock on the grassy hillside. When first seen it appeared to have a piece of grass (nesting material) in its bill. This is the only bird definitely of this species I have seen, although I thought this morning that one bird may have been a pipit. Later in the afternoon, at higher elevation as I climbed toward Slate Peak, saw several other pipits. July 3 Saw several other pipits today, in the small valley where I did most of my collecting. They were up further, where it was wetter and there was more water standing, and more snow yet.
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Banks 1959 Geothlypis trichas Apr. 18 Pebble Beach, San Mateo Co., Calif. Here in a very small area of cattail, [illegible] enclosed in dense brush, Palms, etc, + apparently dried up, found 1 or pair of Yellowthroats. Area is on side of hill, + certainly does not look like good habitat. The tubes are just dried stems, only a dozen or so. 250-76 In & Pebble Beach, Via Ranch, San Mateo Co., Calif. A brilliant ? here in the thick Palms on the roadside fence. This one also seems to be out of place -> Several birds here today, at least 2 pairs, evidently in pairs, not just a group together. No water or typical habitat here.
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Banks 1959 Bullock Oriole Icterus bullochii June 17 Shore Acres State Park, 100+ ft. Eros W. Oregon Although I did not see this species here, I have reason to suspect its occasional presence. While talking to Bruce Baker, Park Foreman, he notified a bird that was largely orange and black. From the plates in Peterson, he picked this species as being most like it, although he said he could not remember exactly how it was colored. Later his wife talking about the same bird said she had tried to look it up in a book, and came out with Baltimore Oriole. Their town is right here at Shore Acres Park. I looked at the area briefly, but didn't see or hear anything.
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Balds 1954 Molothrus ater June 16 [mi,] Shore Acres, 500 St., Coos Co., Oregon - at 9:45 a.m. at the quarry, shot a G Cowbird on the ground. It is presumably one of a pair I had seen here a couple days ago. I did not see the B at this time, but could hear him somewhere in the vicinity. On dissection, the bird was found to have an unshelled egg in the oviduct, three ruptured follicles, and ova 7, 4, and 2 mm. in diameter. June 17 Sunset Beach State Park, Coos Co., Oregon Several times during the morning I have heard the rattle of the G Cowbird flying over the camp grounds here.
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Banks 1959 Piniola enucleator July 9 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9160 tft., Fresno Co., Calif. Obtained one bird from a group of 4 or 5 which I surprised while feeding on the ground at a slightly high & dry place in the meadow, near the edge. This bird's throat was full of very small seeds, it was a ♀, but with small testes. 689.
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Banks 1959 Carpodacus cassinii July 10 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9100 ft, Fresno Co., Calif. These birds are very abundant in the pines surrounding the meadow, and in fact all over the area, probably the most abundant species. There appear to be many young birds flying about. One bird, at least, was giving a two-parted note, "chir-up", very "horse Finch like" [sic], but also sounding like a slightly hoarse Vires solitarius. Collected this bird and tried to put it up as MB 697, but it was in too bad shape. The head needed washed, + all neck+ face feathers came out in the process. It was a S, with bright reds on the crown, weighed 27.6 gm., had tarsi 74 mm. and no cloacal protuberance.
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Banks 1959 Leucostite tephrostis 1. July 2 Slate Peak, 6900+ft., Okanogan Co., Wash. As I was walking up this road to this peak from Harts Pass, groups of 3 + 4 of these birds flew across the road ahead of me and settled in the rocks/talus" where blasting and bulldozing had shoved them over the side. The birds were blown by fairly heavy wind as they flew. One or two alighted on the tops of small (3-4ft.) trees, but almost immediately went to the ground. I obtained one bird, 666, and the others took flight in a flock - estimated 25. Elevation is estimated.
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Banks 1959 Spinus pinus June 15 Innis, Shore Acres, Coos Co., Oregon - obtained one specimen in the clear-cut, burned, brushy area here, ROB 540. It was feeding on a dandelion-like plant. This is the only one of this species I have seen been so far. This bird turned out to be a B, very fat, with testes 6x4mm. It's crop was very full of seeds, mostly of the plant he was feeding on when shot, but some larger things also. July 2 White Pass, brook, Croatan Co., Wash - obtained one dupair in a jump of D. Fins. The birds seem quite abundant here.
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Beards 1954 Passerulus sandvicensis June 18 Nuttalls Bay Spit, near Leland, Tillamook Co., Oregon - There are many of these birds on the spit, in close association with White-crowns. Their territories (little species) seem in complete overlap. They will often be right together in flocks, and join in alarm notes when I am close. Collected one bird, #586. July 1 Harts Pass, 6200 ft., Oregon Co., Wash. - This locality is way off the shaded area of the map in Birds of Wash. I quite distinctly heard the birds sing several times on the S slope of Slate Peak, about dusk, at an elevation of probably 6400 ft. Could only get glimpses of the birds. /// Heard these birds today, saw one flush with a White-crown. Collected #662 after I had heard one sing from a clump of 2-4 ft. This in very wet meadow snow not more than 15 ft. away. In the afternoon, found a nest with 5 eggs. Nest is on the ground, partly roofed by grass and leaves, and is composed of dead grass. About 8 ft. from a Douglas Fir. July 3 This bird seems to be one of the most abundant in the area, perhaps the most abundant. The nest today still had the 5 eggs.
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Banks 1959 Poecetes graciliens May 24 Posse Creek, 5600 ft., Inyo E, Inis Flat Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. Observed these birds on several occasions on this date. Saw 2 birds in a chase, but do not know if it was sexual or territorial - it went a long ways, and both birds seemed to settle down together. Collected one bird, which was a B in breeding condition (PEB 468)
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Banks 1959 Junco oregano Oct.2 Segelke Creek Exp.Stn,6403ft,3mi NW Volant Mills, Nevada Co., Calif.- John Hopkins caught a Junco in a snap trap near the garbage dump. It was in final stage of molt, with outer primaries, coverts and posterior crown in sleath. (503) Oct.3 John set another Junco (PERB 704) in a trap. It was further along in molt, with only zone near head feathers not grown.
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Banks 1959 Spizella pusilla Oct 3, 3.6mi N, 1.8mi E Alpine, 4950ft, Plumas Co, Calif. Obtained one bird here in sage brush, near scattered pine and a grass flat. It was associated with Junco oreganus, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, Sialia currucoides, which were all feeding in the grass and sage. The bird had an ossified skull, was very fat, when weighed 13.9gm. There were other small Spizella type sparrows in the area.
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Zonotrichia allicollis Apr. 11 Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co., Calif. - just before noon heard this species singing on the N-facing slope, toward the bottom of the canyon, close to the tennis courts. I went to the area, and the bird responded to squeaking; it was in the brush and low trees. The white throat patch was very evident, but I couldn't see much else. The song had two notes to begin, the first highest, then series of 3 notes each, lower than either of the introductory notes, so: -- -- -- -- -- - -- The bird sang quite often, but not very regularly. Jerry Brown also heard it.
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Banks 1959 Passerella iliaca July 1 Hart's Pass, 6200+ft., Okanagan C., Vark. - the song of this bird is quite common here. A singing bird flew from one clump of pines to another, when it got shot. This is 658. July 2 Obtained another bird from a clump of trees, 663. July 3 Saw a pair of birds together, both carrying food in their bills - I assume they have a nest with young.
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Banks 1954 Zonotrichia leucophrys Apr. 18 Pelle Beach, San Mateo, Calif. 920+6 birds here in the morning, about 8-10am. The first was in a Lupine along the road by the beach pull-off. The second was on the face across the road. Shot and lost one here also; + another was present there. The face was lined with thick Rubus vines. Just N of the beach pull-off is another road cut-off, where I parked for a good while. Observed a copulation here. Across the road shot a bird ( ) in the tall full grasses. It's mate was shot at, but flew away. Found the nest in a Bachanias with one young, about 7 days old. But bird +4 feeding, again with insects in bill, on a dirt road leading to a field. A fifth for this area ( ) was in thick low brush, associated with a flock of golden-crowned Sparrows. It's mate, I guess, flushed from nearby, but no shot possible. The last bird was on the ground in an open sandy area sparsely covered with green and small forbs. Some of the birds here seem almost shocked. Often see 3 or 4 together. N Portionio Beach, 150 ft., San Mateo Co. Calif. This is a narrow (75 yd.) strip between Pt. I + the cliff, covered with low Bachanias & sage.
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2. Zonotrichia leucophrys 18gm. N Ponderosa Beach, 150 ft., San Mateo C., Caly. There are a lot of birds here. Got first bird. (#7- ) in open brush. #s 8-12 were along fence near A, atop a cliff formed by the road cut. This strip 100+ yds. long had 4 or 5 pr. of birds in it. These birds flew across the road (at 1), where other birds were sitting. They did not fly far (30 yds. or so) along the fence. Birds from the fence A also fed in the grass, sharing it with the birds living on the other side, in the brush along the cliff top. When disturbed, some flew to each side. No conflicts when feeding together. So, the nesting area seems to be strictly territorial, along the fence, but they feed together + may take shelter across the road. Lori & Pebble Beach, WrasPeach, 250 ft. San Mateo C., Calif. Got 2 birds here, #3+14, both along the 'Old West Road'. They seem to be concentrated here, + are almost entirely absent in the brush
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Banks 1959 2 ostrichia leucophrys 3 18 Apr. 1 mi E Pebble Beach, Vias Ranch, 250ft., San Mateo Co., Calif. in the fields. There were a number of pairs - almost appearing like a flock- lining the road, but all were extremely wary and the brush was very thick. Lmi Wagoners Beach, 150ft. San Mateo Co., Calif. - Shot #15 for day ( ) in flat open brush area, close tonches #wes. Next morning, got #16, in same area. Birds still plentiful here, but wary- could not get close enough for a shot. Pebble Beach, San Mateo Co., Calif. - Got a pair here (17-18) and saw a large number, apparently together, in brush about 100 yds. inland from road. This appears to be a flock, since they are all together and don't object to one another. A few golden-crowns with them. Lmi & Pebble Beach, Vias Ranch, 250ft., San Mateo Co. Saw Golden-crowns near here also. Shot bird #19 (#382) from fence post. Many white-crowns in brush along road, a few making regular trips to certain areas as if gathering food, - the others just sitting. 18 Apr. Bird 13 (NCB 380) & 33.0 gm. Tes 10x6 was rather fat, had cloacal protuberance; Skull showed two areas of slightly less than double- [illegible] layering.
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 4, 18 Apr 1 mi E Pelilla Beach, Pies Ranch, 250 ft, San Mateo Co, Calif. Bird 14 (PCB 381) had brown crown, slight single layer in dull fan toward front. Wt, 31.5 gm, fat, esp. concentrated in neck region, tes, 9 x 5 mm. 19 Apr Bird 19 (PCB 382) ♀ with largest ova (2) 2 mm diam. No brood patch; ov duct only slightly enlarged. Fat on neck + back regions. Pelilla Beach, sea level, San Mateo Co, Calif. - Bird 16 PCB 383 ♀ of two shot together, ♂ slight cloacal protuberance, tes, 11 x 4 mm, Wt, 29.4 gm. Bird 17, mate of 16 (PCB 384), ♀ with well developed brood patch, very fat, wt. 32.8 gm, but largest ova only 2 mm diam. No sign of recent [Perhaps leaked ruptured follicle acc. to Bird Male] or near-future laying. Couldn't find ov duct. Fat concentrated on back, neck, and axillary regions. Apr. 18 Bird #1 (PCB 385) is ♀ with no brood patch, ova all tiny (under 1 mm). Extremely fat, weighed 26.0 gm; fat heavy on back and ventral surface, as well as neck. A couple sheathed feathers (body) came out as I was skinning. Another Bird of same white - probably gambelii. Bird #2 - brood patch ♀, ova small + ov duct small, no recently ruptured follicle. Only slightly fat, in neck area. Bird #3 (PCB 387) ♀ with brood patch, ova small, no recently ruptured follicle, small ov duct, this bird was carrying insects in bill when shot, + was parent of a 7+ day old young insect. Bird #4 (PCB 386) was collecting insects on ground. It is ♂, tes, 10 x 6. Cloacal protuberance well developed. Bird #5 (PCB 389) was a ♂ with testis 9 x 6 mm. It was
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 5. Pebble Beach, sea level, San Mateo Co., Calif. Apr. 18 shot in thick low briny brush, and another bird, while I aimed was its mate, flushed from nearby; a flock of Golden-crows had just passed through. Bird #6 (RMB 390), shot feeding in the open, is 8 x 4 testes 8x5, wt. 27.2g. 1 mi N Gonzales Beach, 150 ft., San Mateo Co., Calif. Bird #7, badly shot, 13 yr. plumage ♂, testes 7x5, 4 t, 29.2. This bird shot in company with another, which I never managed to get. Bird #8, (RMB 392) was a ♀ with tes. 9x5mm. This bird had 3 Nematode worms in the cavity of its left eye socket, another extending into the nasal cavity. Wt. 30.1 gm. Bird #9 (393) was in the same fence now. This bird, ♂, had well developed brood patch, large oviduct, but small (23mm) ova—perhaps one fairly recently ovulated follicle. Wt. 30.0gm. Had a large tick on side of neck. #10, in same now, is ♀ of 27.5 gm, small ova, oviduct slightly enlarged, brood patch not well developed, best in ventral area. Bird #11 (RMB 395) weighed 29.4 gm; same fence now; ♂, tes. 11x6mm. Bird #12 (RMB 396), same now, ♂, tes. 11x6mm., 31.1gm. 3♂, 2♀ from this row: #12, 2 thick, was paired with either #9 or #10, (prob. #?). #15 (RMB 397) ♀, tes. 9x6, 31.4gm. Apr. 19 Bird #16(398) is ♂, tes. 11x6mm. Wt. 30.8 gm. In company with another bird which I could not obtain.
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 6. 2.2 mi NW Bolinas, 300+ ft., Marin Co., Caly. - May 1. #4 today is PCB 399. F, to.10x6, wt.28.1 gm. This bird was shot from the road in the morning. Put up fresh- all others were frozen. Bird #7 of this trip is PCB 400. This F, te. 8x6, no fat, 28.0 gm, was shot in company with another bird, just after I had heard from them sounds of begging ly or actually of copulation. The other bird was not obtained. Bird # 2 is PCB401. This bird was singing atop a shrub the the shrubby pasture. It was a F, 27.2 gm, with to.about 10x? mm., very slightly fat. No. 3 is now PCB 402. Shot from along the road, it is a F with slight fat, concentrated on the feather tracts, and was 1.5+3 mm. Broad patch well developed. Wt. 27.5 gm. Bird # 5 is PCB 403- F, te.9x5, wt.30.1 gm. This bird was shot from car, near the entrance to the RRA tower area. #7+8, a mated pair, were shot along road- she had well developed broad patch, recently broken follicle, he had 9x7mm testes + large cloacal protuberance. #14 was shot in a brushy field, low on the slope, and was F (PCB 406) with te. 9x6 mm., wt.30.9 gm. #13 was shot near 14, of a different pair, (PCB 407), it is a F of 31.0gm. with testes 9x5. Neither showed fat. Another pair, PCB 408-9 were shot along road. She was first, about noon- had what appeared to be a fecal piece in bill. Saw him but couldn't get a shot.
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Banks 1954 2 ostrichia leucophrys 7. May 1 2.2mi NW Bolinas, 300 ft, Marin Co., Calf. About 5 pm. returned and shot the & who sultred in the same bush in exactly the same way - I am sure it was the same bird. Both in breeding condition. The ? of this pair sat up high on fence + gave alarm notes; the ? hid in the bushes - exactly reversed from the usual situation. Bird 10 (RB34/10) was one of two which flushed from a low sage. The other flew 20 yds or so to another bush, then ? birds left that bush + flew on. As I chased them, they were joined by others until soon there were 4 together. One of these I obtained, no. 11 (RB34/11) but don't know its relation to 10. No. 11 was a ?, but its abdomen was featherless and gave the appearance of a brood patch - thick-skinned, etc. - almost like a ?. It had a clavical protuberance; brood patch not as extensive as on a ?. No. 12, got later in same area as 11, is a ?, it was with another bird. No. 9, (RB34/13) flushed from a Baccharis. No. 15, which I chased back & forth in some willows near a stream, was a ? w/ brood patch and an over 2" m. indian, others smaller. Oviduct large but empty. Bird 16 which I got directly across the road from 15 + a few minutes later had on 11mm. eggs in its oviduct and 3 ruptured follicles. This is a brown-hooded bird
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys May 9 Mendocino Co, Calif. coastline - Just the coastal highway just S of Allion. Between this junction & the city, saw a White-crow in the road. Going farther N., saw no more birds. In much of this area, e.g. from Allion to Little River, the Redwoods & pines come to the road, sometimes almost to the shore. The area is almost lacking in coastal "plain", and what there is is just grass - often sheep grazed - with none of the typical coastal scrub. There appears to be very little sparrow habitat, and the birds are not obvious, if present at all. Just N of the city of Mendocino saw a bird fly across the road to my left, & it sang just as I passed it. I heard one long note followed by a rather descending series of shorter notes, but w/o the range of tone heard in the Bay area. At the headlands of Russian Gulch State Park a couple miles N of Mendocino, there is some very low, scattered Barbara's, and there are some White- crows here. One ship starting with a single fairly low note, then a still starting higher and descending only a little, with a peculiar twist on the end; - ----. Others lack the twist but all seem to
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Babs 1959 2 cowbird lemophy. 9. May 9 Mendocino, Calf., coast line - start with only one long note, and all have a till that does not go far down the scale, although it may be rather long. Just north of Caspar there is a field with extensive brush, and although I can hear Western Meadowlark, I do not hear any White-orn song. A little ways further a road extends in this zone similar but less dense brush - here I heard a few birds. This "brush" is mostly high weedy herbs, not "scrub" material. North of Fort Bragg, as far as Ten Mile River, the habitat is good and the birds seem reasonably common. About 1/2 mi. N/ of Ten Mile River I shot birds 1030h. - 1115h. 1-6 for this trip, along a stretch where the old road pulls off & parallels the new one. These birds were in Bachman's along the road or in fence-line brush. Rather did not see or could not get their mates. Further north, clear to Westport, the brush along the road has these birds in it, and the slopes are pretty bushy, at least in the draws. It appears that White-orn habitat is pretty continuous north of Fort Bragg. Drove on to Westport; saw birds + good habitat all the way. Back to mouth of Ten Mile River. The Fosteri Bros. said OK to collect on their land. Chris
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys May 9 Mendocino Co., Calif., coast - the afternoon worked on the field just north of the river - -> Month, 12 Mile Pass, sea level, Mendocino Co. Calif. The afternoon was very windy, and the birds were deep in the brush. There was not much singing. Most birds flushed as singles, but many were in two's, a lot in 3's or 4's. It doesn't seem that mating has progressed very far here yet - I saw no food carrying. Seeing so many in 3's and more also indicates (maybe) that the birds are still in the process of settling down. Got four birds only this pm. The first (no 7) was one of a pair - the others all singles, as near as I could tell. One observation may explain some of the difference in sex ratio in the collected birds. Heard a & sing, started toward him. Got was still far off, one bird flew from that area. But the singing continued. It seems that the ?'s may flush very early, while the ? sits tighter. These birds did not sing from the tops of bushes as much as others I have noted in other places, but from down in the brush, + are a lot harder to spot. May 10 Back early this morning, had 10 birds by 9am, early noon. Early in am, heard two distinct song types: one started with the single note, followed by a descending till : - .... The
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys May 10 Month Ia Mile Prairie, sea level Mendocino C. Calif. other was more common and the trill was preceded by 3 notes, which sounded like "wee dee wee trill" . --I---, Sometimes the last note was the twist mentioned earlier - a buzzy note - but this seemed to be optional. Most birds were singing this way. Of the birds shot today, F+H+I were all feeding together. Most or all the others seemed to be in mated pairs. J, K, +L were obviously so, J+K honing, by the sounds, just separated. L was territorial, M was paired. B+C were singing, as was L, all the second song type. Got two more birds late in the late early afternoon (2-3 pm). On way back, saw no birds between Mendocino and Albion, but saw and heard birds between Albion and Elk, where there seems to be better habitat. See journal. Of the birds collected May 9, all seem to be in breeding condition; all BB had cloacal protuberances, the F was about ready today. Following is a list of this weekends specimens, with comments. Field No. My No. Sex Comment 7 436 ♂ gained mate not obtained 8 437 ' didn't see a note 9 438 " "
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 12. May 6 west of Mendocino Co, Calif. - continued table. 10 439 ♂ didn't remate 1 440 ♂ missing 2 441 ♀ all along pull-off of old road. 3 442 ♀ 4 443 ♀ 5 444 ♀ about to lay 6 445 ♂ May 10 A 446 ♂ - small. N 447 ♂ lig O 448 ♂ brush along fence Q 449 ♀ oviduct lays; up to 3 follicles mated P 450 ♂ pm. not sig. good path. B 451 ♂ sig. song 2 desculed in note. C 452 ♂ (with ligg'g end) . . . . R 453 ♂ one of 4 feeding together. G 454 ♀ " " oviduct enlarged, over 3 mm. H 455 ♂ one of 4 together - J 456 ♂ . . . . . - M 457 ♂ one of a pair J 458 ♀ had not yet laid. K 459 ♂ had just mated (judged by sounds) P 460 ♂ just mated (sounds.) L 461 ♂ sig. territorial - mated. E 462 ♀ K's neighbor eggs in oviduct - one ruptured follicle - over moray gm + Sanction. Broad patch deflated only.
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Babs 1954 Zontrichia leucophrys 13. May 23 Inspiration Point Wilder Park, 1050ft. Contra Costa Co. Calif. It was noted one week ago that this road leading from Inspiration point to the Wilder Base has a large population of singing birds. On May 16 McKonishi found a nest along lee. Today I saw 2 birds near the junction of this road and the main park road, leading toward San Pablo Res., and obtained another singing songbird. The one shot (PCB 464) was singing from a perch in tall mustard, and there were no larkins (Barbara's, etc.) very close - just tall weeds. May 24 Horse G. 5600 ft. 1 mi S. 2mi E Hobart Mills, Nade Co. Calif. Worked in the stream valley here, in scattered willows + occasional thickets, not dense. As I left car, parked in sage, heard White Crowns singing in sage. Saw one pair along a tiny stream (flowing into Horse G.), feeding adjacent to Artemisia. Couldn't get either bird. One sang from a small isolated pile in the sage. Along the stream, birds were not abundant. Mostly they seemed paired, but at least 3 (maybe 4) together in one spot (# 466 is one of them). The birds were very secretive + hard to get shots at. They flew long distances, sometimes across the stream, but at least some were
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Rebs 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 14, May 24, HorseH, boostt, 1 mis, 2 mi E Hobart Mills, Mer. C., Caly. territorial and there was some singing, esp early in the morning ( till 10 ). The song is initiated by a long buzzy, followed by a series, descending in pitch, of rather forced buzzy putters, each of 2 or 3 notes, and ends usually with a note of terminal inflection. The whole song is buzzy, not clean whistled as in the Bay area. It can be diagramed: The first bird shot was one fenc post along the top of the stream bank in sage, and was singing occasionally. It is REB 465. The second was quiet, in a dead low sage (REB 466) near where a mated (?) pair had taken refuge. I am sure there were 3 or 4 birds very close here. # 467 was shot after me, upstream a ways, and was with another bird, which got away. It was in Willow. Middle Mantis Cr., boostt, 4 mi E, 2 mi S Indrea Place, Calf. Arrived here 3 PM. Along this small stream at the edge of Mantis Valley, saw one singing #, and another pair (probably) of White crowns, song as above. The singing bird was in a pine at edge of sage
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys May 24 Middle Mt. G., Boost, Univ. & Dr. S. Trudeau, Placer Co. Calif. along the Willow + Ape bordered stream; the pair were in willow, but one flew off its sage. No specimens were obtained. There seem to be very few birds along here. June 4 Univ. Calif. Campus, Berkeley Alameda Co. Calif. - a pair of birds here, Dan Wilhoff shot a singing bird from a small pine tree with his slingshot - corner Oxford + Lute sts. DUB 469. June 7 Weatt, 150 ft. E Humboldt Co. Calif. - As I stopped in this little town (150 pop.) for a coffee stop, thought I heard a White-oven ring. Heard the song twice, but although of the pattern it sounded coarse. A little later, heard it again about 100 yds. from the first spot - modest, it is all White-oven. The song is -- with the buzz on the end, typical of the Sanville River birds. The area here is a small valley, surrounded by redwood covered hills. It gives the impression of a civilized mountain meadow (much grass, weeds) but with little or no [3y Fork] water apparent. Birds singing (only one, & Pair] as near as I can tell) at 1:30 p.m., P.D.T. Right in town, so no opportunity to collect. A very unusual + remarkable occurrence. This is 23 mi. East from the coast, opp. the Cape Mendocino area.
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2. Lessophy June Coyote Peak, 3000+ ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. The white-worms are rather sparse, but not as much as it would seem at first. They are in the burned area, which consists of charred standing trees and logs, grass, an occasional small clump of brush. Shot #470 by a dead tree, near where a ♀ had been singing. While getting this one, the singing bird sang a couple times nearby, then flew. 471 was one of several birds singing back & forth. 472 was sitting low singing on a branch of a fallen tree. 473 was singing antiphonally with another bird. The song pattern in this area is rather standard. The introductory note is followed by three rather buzzy, lower pitched notes, usually followed by a buzzy upswing on the end. 474 was a little ways from the last 3, and sang after I flushed it. It had also been singing before, however, & also earlier this a.m. In some several areas as 470. Bird 470 had an egg in her oviduct, also a 9mm ovarian ovary, only 1 broken follicle - apparently had not laid yet. Brood patch well developed. 471, although I thought it was singing, is a ♀, others ♂. In the afternoon, out again, got 475 - mouth full of insects, around Maple seedling clump.
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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.
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Banks 1954 2. Iena. 18. June 9 Prairie Creek Redwood State Park, Humboldt Co., Calif. Heard a bird at the south end of this park, along Rt. 101, near the campgrounds. 3/4 mi N, 1/2 mi W Fort Wick, sealevel, Del Norte Co., Calif. The brushy borders of the pastures bordering Smith River here support a fairly good Zonotrichia population. Typically, they seem to lie in brush clumps or fence rows, but a few are in edges formed by riparian woods or rows of Redwoods. # 485 flushed as I walked by, and was shot from a dead weed stalk sticking above the grass. # 486 was very close by, and presumably is its mate. # 487 attracted my attention by singing, and was shot from a Broom (?) plant. The major brush plant here is, I guess, Scotch Broom or something similar. It's a plant with yellow snap-dragon like flowers, small leaves, and legume pods. see next 18. June 10 # 488 was sitting on a stump with another bird. The other flew away, but in a minute I heard a bird behind me. One sat in a Redwood. I shot it but it stayed in tree-dead. Couldn't get it. This may have been a purple finch - sun in my eyes. # 489 was chipping close by 10 min later. # 490 was sitting on a fence post, between a weedy field + planted corn. After 5 to an older, + got shot. # 491 + # 492 were together in an elder. Twenty's min. later, 2 birds on
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Barbe 1954 2. leve. 19. June 10 3.1 mi. N, 1mi. W FortDick, sealevel, Del Norte Co. Calif. where 496 had been. They both flew foraged high in the olders. 493 was one of 2 birds that flushed from high grass to an alder. 494 sat chipping in a small willow. 495 was singing in the top of a 12' redwood. saw bob-tailed young out of the nest today. The plant I called "Broom" is perhaps Lotus - see Journal. Bird 499 was singing in the top of a small conifer (spice?) The song in this area is rather variable. The major pattern is: - (-) \ -(-), \\ together. Bzz Beju Bgg Bu 500 was singing this pattern in an alder. 501 also was singin' in an alder, but flew to sow low lupine in the pasture. 502 was in a nearly clump of weeds, chipping, apparently mate of 501. 503 was singing from a dead stump 10' high, but flew to a small brush clump. Heard a bird singing from a pile of dead tree stumps. As I approached, another flew up from the grass. 505 is this latter bird. 506 was singing from a 3'stump in a pasture, not far (30yds,) from 505 & its mate. While standing quietly under the edge of some olders two birds started to chip, 507 is one - the other I shot, but it flew strongly into the woods. #505 was a female (29.9gm) with an egg in its oviduct, another 8mm ovum, + 2 ruptured follicles.
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Banks 1954 20. Z. leucophrys June 11, 3. mi. N., 1 mi. W Fort Clark, Old Monte Co., Caly., sea level. This bird (still 505) had a very large head, which would not fit thru its neck, which tore, and a bare area on its throat even before stuffing. June 12, 506 was singing from the same tree 495 had been. 509 was singing on a telephone wire along the road There were 2 birds, presumably ♀♀, where 506 & 495 had been. When I got 495, there was one other bird there. 510 + 511 were sitting together in a dead tree at the edge of a large thicket. 512 was at the edge of a pile of logs+roots resulting from a cleared area. This is the spot where I got 495, and there is still another bird bee; there were on the fence after I got 490. 513 is probably one of the birds which were left after taking 508. It was in the same place. It is a ♀ - but whether the mate of 495 or 506, I can't tell. 514 was singing from about 25 ft. up in a dead older snag. Saw a bird singing on a lupine, which flew to a pile of logs. As I approached, a bird, I think the same one, flew from the grass to this pile of logs. It is 515. 516 was singing from a redwood, 15 ft. up. This bird had an extra up-slurred note on the end of its song - -?--! 519 was obtained in the evening, as it sang from patches of high weeds in the pasture. Have saved a bottle of lice from these birds,
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 21. June 14 Sunset Beach State Park, Coos Co., Oregon - From what I can see, the whole Coos Bay area is poor habitat. The area is described in my journal. I can hear at least 2 birds singing from my camp here in the park, and this a.m. heard 2 or 3 others in the logged area. Rain this a.m. stopped my collecting, but hope to go out this afternoon. Lmi. S Shore Acres, Coos C., Oregon 524 led me a merry chase before I was shot from a Hazel in this clear-cut brushy hillside. A bird had flushed from behind me, two flew and I got this one. Can hear one singing - tht - 3 -- . The & sounds like a low high slow note run together. Another in the distance is singing the same song. 525 + 526 were mates, shot on top of the ridge in the same type of habitat. She flushed as though from a nest, but I could not find it. 527 was singing from a Rhododendron, then flew to a 7' Douglas Fir (?). 528 was one of two birds giving the hard-to- locate "tset" sound. 529 was the other - I had to chase it for a long time before I got it from a stump with a half-head. 530 was a bird I had shot + lost earlier, & I got it again, I grappled & it ran, so I got only the tail, which came off. Finally got the rest of the bird.
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 22. Junis Shoreline, 500+ ft, Linn Co. Oregon June 14 Albird flushed, was joined by another. Both were giving the "teest" call- I followed a long group, 531 is one of these. 532 was chipping from a stump, mean while I had shot & lost another bird. There was another bird present now, about an hour later. The area here on top of the ridge is a broad flat, but logged clean with many 5-8 ft. stumps. The vegetation is shrubby, a lot of Rhododendron, some large Rubus, what looks like Bluearia, but I'm not sure (it is an Ericaeea) and other heath-like plants. White-crows are the most abundant birds here. The area has been burned, there is very little of the grassy area which I had felt white-crowns need for foraging, altho there is grass & lels between the brush. 533 was one of several birds in a small area- perhaps 2 neighborings pairs. 534 was in the same area, one of several birds I chased for a long while. Lost at least one other. 535 I caught by hand. It is a chick, apparently just out of the nest, appears to be about 9 days of age. I did not see the adults, but from the chipping, I certainly beleive it to be a White-crown. 536 flushed & sat on a stump. 1 p.m. June 15 537 was one of a pair- albird singing at the quarry was joined by another- this is one of them.
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Barho 1954 23, Zonotrichia leucophrys June 15 1 mi S Shore Acres, 500+ft., 600 S. Oregon As I was walking up the slope thru the brush, 538 flushed & perched in a Rhododendron. 539 was one of 2 chipping birds - I think they hard young out of the nest. There is another pair of birds very close here - they keep getting mixed up, so I can't tell which is which. Saw barely flying young in an area which seems midway between the 2 pairs. 2 mi S Shore Acres, 700+ft., 600 S. Oregon Continued on this trail until nearly dark. It goes past Cape Arago, giving a good view. 541 was one of two birds which flushed. 1 mi S Shore Acres, 500+ft., 600 S. Oregon - Bird singing here until 9:30pm, when it was nearly dark. June 16 543 sang from the top of a charred stump. It's mate flushed & immediately disappeared. 544 was chipping in alarm, very close to the site of collection of 539. I believe it is one of the other pair mentioned above. This is just within the large valley. 545 was one of 2 birds in what seemed to be courtship behavior. A bird flushed from under a log, and flew to a small ravine. It was joined in chipping there by at least 2 others, one of which sang occasionally. I am beginning to wonder if some of these birds nest in threesome. Or
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Bendle 1954 2. Lee. 24, June 16 1mi S Shore Acres, 500 ft., Coos Co., Oregon perhaps neighboring pairs are not territorial in times of danger. One of the former birds is 546, 547 was on the next territory - it seems the chipping of 3 birds mentioned was a pair and one of a neighboring pair. 548 is mate of 547. 549 was in this same territory, and is undoubtedly one of their young. 550 was a bird which started chipping when I was a long way off. It was observed to engage in flycatching activity. 551 was singing from the top of a charred stump, 9 or 10 ft high. 552 flushed, flew to a Rhododendron and sang once. As I approached to retrieve it, another bird flew from the bush. Looked for a nest, but without success. June 17 Some songs here in the park have the slurred note ending high - -- v --, June 18 6mi S, 5 mi W Tillamook 400 ft., Tillamook Co., Ore. The song in this area is quite different, + I can hear 2 forms at present. One is: - - - -, with one single note, 2 or 3 slurred, - -- and 2 down-toned notes on the end, the last one a short chip. The other song is the same, with an embellishment on the end. It has stopped now. 558 was the bird singing the song described. It would sometime leave off the last note. 559 was chipping on what was probably the next territory.
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Banks 1959 Zenotrichia leucophrys 25. June 18 6 mi S, 3 mi W Tillamook, 400 ft. Tillamook Co., Ore. The enlellished song spoken of is the same song as before, with 3 notes on the end: - - - =', the last 3 rather run together. 566 is the mate of the bird who was singing this latter song. They may have had young out of the nest. Netarts Bay spit, sea level Tillamook Co., Oregon 571 flew toward me and sat on a lupine. 572 had a mouth full of caterpillar larvae. 573 was nearly, flushed & chipped when I approached. Its damn started chipping by another bird. This bird led me back into the territory of 572, where I think there was a fourth bird, but I couldn't get any more. There may have been young present there. 574 flushed ahead of me, and sat on telephone wires several times, where he was finally shot. A bird here on the spit is singing: [illegible] - = - - or - [-] - -, sometimes omitting last note. Chasing this bird and one he joined led me back 2 telephone poles to 574's area, and even then it flew on back toward where 572 + 573 had been. 575 sat on a lupine. It appeared to have food in its mouth. 576 sat on a wire & chipped after I had passed, then flew down to the sand. 577 was in some way thick stuff, nick, blueberry, Rose, bracken. 578 was on the
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Zonotrichia leucophrys June 18 Netarts Bay spit, seal level, Tillamook Co., Oregon same or next territory as 577. There are still 2 chipping birds. 579 is one of these others. There are young out of the nest here, flying. 580 was sitting - and stayed - at the top of a very hard-to-climb fir. 581 was its mate, and stayed right there chipping for the 10 min. or so it took me to climb for 580. 582 and 583 are also mates, in the adjoining territory. 584 & 585 are also mates. Many of these birds were in close association with Savanna Sparrows, often sitting next to each other on wires or giving clam chips for the same lunch. I never saw any antagonism. June 19 Overlook Lookout Point State Park, Tillamook Co., Ore. a general observation while shinning: all 4 & 5 who have had eggs in ovipost, or enlarging ova, most of whom have had young out of the nest, have had rather large deposits of fat, esp. on the ventral (breast) region. June 20 Astoria, Clatsop(?) Co., Oregon - Birds I heard driving past here & Seaside, a few miles down the coast, sound much like the Tillamook birds. June 21 Imis, 3mi & Westport, Gray's Harbor Co., Wash. seal level One bird at this cut area. It is singing, and ranging quite widely, across the road. Its song: ___ --- -, the last a rolled "bll",
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Banks 1954 Zonotrichia leucophrys 27. June 21 This Verport relevel, Group Harbor G. Wash. 599 was singing in a small clump of willows, on this windswept grass covered area. 600 was near by, one of a pair in willow at the end of a slough. Both their songs were similar to the one described previously. Another bird here sings: - 11 -- , very different from anything I've heard before. 601 flushed from the grass and sat on a fence post. This is where the bird with the odd song flew to, but it is half an hour now. But this may be that bird or its mate. 62 was one of a pair at a pile of driftwood, right at the edge of the beach. 603 is a long-tailed bird who was, I believe, singing before it flew to a pile of driftwood. There was what may be a full-grown young with it. 604 was singing the odd song described just above, in a fir. I heard a third song, - 17 , this population has a highly variable song pattern. June 22 605 was one of two birds around a heavily drift- wooded area. Its mate was singing the song first described for this area! 606 was singing from high grass near the beach - 94 -- and a combination of the 2 song types. 607 was singing the first, more common song, from driftwood. 608 flushed several times, finally,
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Banks 1959 2. leucophrys 28 June 22 4 mi W Westport sea level Gray Harbor Wash. Landed on a fencepost. For a long while I chased 609 around the same driftwood pile where 607 had been. They are probably mates. 610 was singing -- -- - from a fir. This may be bird that flew this direction after singing from a driftwood was a hundred yds. or so away. 611 is one of a pair of birds who led me a long chase. 612 is the other. Both both with one shot, altho the second bird flew a way + I wasn't sure. One of these had been singing the simple song -- - - This seems, contrary to what I have said earlier, to be the most common type bee. A variation adds 2 or 3 notes -- to the end. This last pair, in their chase, had outlined a territory of about 50 x 30 yds. 2 mi S, 3 mi E Westport, sea level, Gray Harbor Wash. Barbed at this area and across the road from it. Quiet when I arrived about 7:30 P.M., but soon at least 2, perhaps 3 birds started singing, one far off. As I stood quietly near a pile of dead brush, a bird appeared + perched for several minutes. It began to chip, and another bird joined it from across the road, also chipping -- it had been singing -- - - - . This is the same place I heard a bird sing a different song yesterday morning. The chipping was on a
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Zonotrichia leucophrys June 22 Miss B mist Vestport, Gray Harbor G., Wash. sea level different pitch, the bird coming in from across the road having a higher pitched sound. The chipping was because it a Parson which wandered over the brush, foraging, while the sparrows watched from a dead tree. They were not too upset. I shot one of the birds, 613, and the other stayed just where I could not get it for several minutes before it flew away. As I sat in the car writing these notes, I can hear a bird singing the song just described from here: -- =-- ll. It changed to -- 11 > ll , then to sort of a combination -- = A ll . This bird waits, but forages on with the bill. June 23. Miss B Vestport, sea level, Gray Harbor G., Wash. A bird singing from a root snag flushed, was joined by 2 others, and led me in a circle. Eventually one resumed singing from the same perch. It is 615. 616 sang once, a partial song, from a driftwood snag. I wounded it & it fled to the most prickly bush imaginable, but finally I got it. There was a bird singing 30 yds away, from a big clump of grass. It flew to less dense grass & when I sat there, there were 2. Got 617, one of them. Very close to reach. 618 led a long chase from the grass by the beach, to the sand, and back in behind the dunes. 619 was
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Banks 1954 Zonotrichia leucophrys 30 June 23 4 mis Westport, sea level, Gray Harbor Co. Wash. in the high grass near the beach, singing the common -- ( ) . 620 flushed silently, without a chip or song. 621 sang -- ( ). A bird I can hear from 626's perch sings: -- ( ) June 24 Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC. -- As I was driving thru town, heard a bird sing this pattern: -- ( ) June 25 1 1/2 mi S Ladysmith, 200 ft, Vancouver Is., B.C. 62H was singing -- -- -- -- from small alders in a field of tall grass. 623 sat silently one stump in this field, where there was more broken, less grass. It had 2 spittlebug type insects in its mouth. 624 was in a fir clump near 623, and may be its mate. There was, however, another bird here in just a minute. 4 mi. S Ladysmith, Vancouver Is., B.C. 62H was one of 2 birds sitting on a dead limb in this cleared field. As I shot, 2 or 3 others flew, probably a family. Have seen several fully grown young in this vicinity. 626# was or had been singing the standard local pattern, -- -- -- from a dead tree. Several. The Ladysmith area has a lot of birds, but there are few places one can shoot. Today's journal describes onea. Many of the
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Banks 1954 Zonotrichia leucophrys 31. June 25 Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, BC., + vicinity birds seen today were associated with what seemed like fully grown, probably nearly independent young, and were very wild. They flushed far off and were adept at using trees & brush piles for shelters where it was impossible or impractical to shoot them. Driving north to Indian - Parksville area, such the same habitat conditions apply. June 26 2 1/4 mi N Parksville, Vancouver Island, BC. 628 was one of a pair of birds in this weedy, grassy field. 629 was of another pair, at the other end of the field. There were only 2 or perhaps 3 pairs of birds here. All singing was: - - - 1 1/2 mi N, 1/2 mi W French Creek, Vancouver Is., BC. 631 was one of a group of birds that flushed at my approach. There are still at least 2 chipping There is a good number of birds in this burned & hopped-over, or else the same bird flying a lot - probably half a dozen, with some fully grown young. But they are very wild, flushing usually even out of half bird range. The bird I got had lost some feathers on the throat, and had some pin feathers coming in.
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 32. June 26 11 mi. W Parksville, Vancouver Is., B.C. In a field of grass and bracken, 632 was a bird where I were singing - - - - This bird flew from a place where young were. This is right on the Alberni Highway, just E of the park. It borders on a very marshy area, and across the road is a railroad track, where I also saw a bird on bracken. June 27 Saw 2 birds in bracken, then shot one just as it was singing on a telephone wire along the road, 634. Shot at but lost, the other bird. Both these were in the bracken where the earth one obtained last night had been. There is a group of semi-flying young birds here. The bird obtained has a stubby, deformed upper mandible. Alberni area, Vancouver Island B.C. - this area toward the West of the island is served by both highway and railroad from Parksville. I heard the song of the White-crowned at three places. These were: 4.7 mi., 3.5 mi., and 3.3 mi, north of the highway junction at Alberni on the Beaver Creek Road, toward Great Central, and 3.1 mi N (a NW) of this junction on the River Road, toward Sprout Lake. All areas where the song was heard were in cleared areas around homes, and it was impossible
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Baily 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 33 June 27 Alberni area, Vancouver Island, B.C. To collect a specimen. This species is supposed to be restricted to the east side of the island. Why guess is that they have followed the highway and/or railroad and associated clearings, or perhaps logging operations with clearings, or both the fact that birds were observed along the highway 11/2 mi. W of Parksville & at the next two localities supports this. 3 mi W Little Indian Falls Prov. Park. V.F., B.C. On the S side of the road here there is a gravel pit, behind which there is a cleared area of perhaps 5 acres -- this area has been cleared of even small trees, and is mostly brush covered now, with a few small Douglas Firs. There was just one pair of birds here, and altho I got a shot I didn't get a bird. Whiskey Creek Store, Vancouver Is., B.C. -- This is just inside E of the entrance to Little Indian Falls Provincial Park. Across the road from this store I heard a bird sing. There are 2 or 3 houses here, just back from the road.
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Barby 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 34. June 28 Kyse Bay, Comox, Vancouver Island, B.C. 637 was singing - - - from an oak between a weed field + a cultivated one. No sign of a mate bee. 638 was one of 2 birds that flushed from a thick weedy patch + flew to a small willow. As I approached an area where I heard a bird sing, a group flushed. 639 is me. There were at least 3 others, and at least 2 of them seemed adult; the other may have been a young bird. Heard singing after shooting 639. 640 is another of these birds. June 29 Oyster River, Vancouver Island, B.C., 642 sang the standard VI song from a dead fallen tree at the edge of a large cleared field. There was another bird present, 643 and 644 were together in a grassy area with a number of charred stumps and 1 0. Fir about 12 ft. tall. 654 flushed and sat on a fencepost. Macaulay Rd., 14 mi. N Courtenay, Vancouver Isl., B.C. 655 was in a small willow. Chased his mate but could not get it. 656 was in next territory, flushed several times. This cleared range land, with bracken + huckle seems to have a large population. 657 was in same trees as 655, probably the mate; a bird had led me in a large circle just before getting this. Heard birds all along the road (trip described in journal)
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 35. June 29 Macanley Rd, 14 mi N Comtney, Vancouver Iol, B.C., wherever there were suitable clearings, way back into the brush nearly to the edge of the hills. June 30 Mission City, British Columbia - heard birds singing after I had passed through this town. The highway has followed the Fraser River Valley, and presumably this provides access for the birds. I would expect to find [illegible] as far as Agassiz. July 2 North Pas, 6 mi NE Chenequin Co., Wash. - Visited an area where I thought I had detected a V.C. song late last evening, saw 2 birds flush from glass near snow, one was a White-crow, or a Savannah Sparrow. The White-crown flew to a small clump of Fir, and is # 661. It seems to be typical gambelli. [illegible] sometimes on this last slur, the second note or notes quite rapid, seeming a series of 3 -, perhaps in one [illegible] - . The song is quite high pitched & thin, very buzzy. There are several birds in this area but they are difficult to get. The quality of the song is such that it is hard to locate, and it's very windy also. The birds flush well out of half-bad range, fly far, and are very quiet. They are not abundant, mostly in small fir clumps in the wet meadow.
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys 36 July 3 Harts Pass, 6200 ft. Okanogan Co., Wash. - Very little activity this morning. Heard very little singing. As I approached one spot from where I heard a song, a bird flew past me and landed in the grass, 672. This bird has black lores and seems to be oviatha. All afternoon, I did not see any or hear any of this species. July 4 Left the pass about 9:30 a.m. On my way down the mountain, below Loyalton, at a spot 3.8 mi. down from the pass, I heard White-crowned singing. The meadows here are quite extensive and the birds seemed very common. But being on my way home, and pressed for time, I could not stop. July 4 The Dalles, Oregon - Jewett & Taylor mention this area as a possible oviatha site as well as prafetensis area. The letter may be here, along the river, but from my casual views as I was driving thru on Rt. 97, there is definitely no oviatha country in the area. Mt. Hood, not far distant, may have oviatha
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Zonotrichia leucophrys July 9 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9100 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. 678 was chipping in a pine tree at the edge of the wet meadow. 679 was in the same situation, different place, much more actively moving around. 680 was one of a group of birds—probably two neighboring pairs. 681 & 682 were in that group, stayed close together, and are probably mates. 683 is undoubtedly one of their young—they seemed to be at least one other. 684 was taken from a tree where I thought I had seen an adult fly. 685, 686, 687, were in a group, all giving alarms, and there must be a pair too, but I’m not sure how it fits. 688 was in a dead sing. The song here at the meadow is fairly constant; — — — —— , sometimes the last note omitted. Thoughts after shinning—got an very odd sex ratio today, 2♀♀:1♂, excluding juvs. Singing very weak and sporadic. Most of the birds, esp. the ♀♀, were slightly fat. Only one bird (681) showed any enlargement of oviduct or ovary. None showed any recently ruptured follicles. All young seen were very large and flying, but there was no indication of a second brood, from the adults condition. One ♂ had small testes.
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia 38 July 9 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9100 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. probably entering resting place, strengthening an opinion of only 1 brood /y. here. Semi's Kaiser Pass, 8800 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Near my camp the White-crowns have a different song, heard them last night, one about 9:15 pm., another at 2:45 am. This afternoon while I was shining, a bird sang constantly, the song being: - - - -, this is the song heard yesterday also. At one time I thought I heard the song of the birds at the pass, but may have been mistaken - will listen tomorrow more carefully. July 10 I did hear this song early in the morning, before I left for the pass. Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9100 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. - First saw 690 feeding on the ground among the pines before I reached the meadow from the pass. It flew into a pine. Heard a song from a clump of pines, obtained 691 there. Heard the song after this however. It was a long time before I got another shot. Saw 692 feeding in the grass. Later, saw another bird feeding in the grass - it flew to low pines where another joined it. One of these is 693. 694 & 695 are mates. Got the first 696 was in a small willow clump. Young flew out. Just as I left the area, heard the song normal for camp.
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Banks 1954 Zonotrichia leucophrys 39. July 11 Emi S Kaiser Pass, 8800 ± ft., Fresno Co. Calif - 699 was one of a pair of birds, obtained after a long chase. As I was standing quietly observing a variety of species, I saw come into sight*, from a direction where I had heard a bird sing. 701 was shot as it was singing - --- from a dead aspen. Heard White-crowns singing, as I was leaving the mountains, as far down as Badger Flat, which is about 8500 ft.
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Banks 1959 Zonotrichia leucophrys Oct. 3 1.5mi E Calpnie, 4725ftt Sierra Co., Calif. Shot one adult bird in sage brush. 3.6mi N, 1.8mi E Calpine, 4950ftt, Plumas Co., Calif. a large number of White-crows here in pines and sage brush. Shot one ad, + are min. all these birds are gambelii. There are large numbers of these birds in essentially all habitats associating with junics, etc. Very seldom hear a snatch of song.
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Babs 1957 Citellus July 10 Kaiser Pass Meadow, 9100 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. - Around the edge of the meadow, where it is drier, and near the road, are a number of holes of this animal. Often I heard their series of whistled notes "------", but only got glimpses of them. About 9:30 a.m. saw one which didn't go down its hole, then another by a clump of brush, and a third ran across the grass and stopped in the open. This one is PCB 698. This is not the same squirrel that is at Jacob's Meadow - at least I don't think so.
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Banks 1959 Eutanasia July 2 Harts Pass, 6300±47, Okanogan Co., Wash. - There are a number of chipmunks right around camp, altho most of the ground still is snow-covered. Around the bases of trees and on the slope to the road it is clear. When I got to camp at noon, one had opened my loaf of bread and had eaten some, late in the afternoon, shut one. It is 667, a F. Soon after, saw another one in the area.
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Banks 1959 Wildcat July 3 Chelan Falls, Chelan Co., Wash. - Joseph Pisani, ice-man and taxidermist at Chelan, Wash, gave me a wildcat which had been killed on the road the night of July 3 near Chelan Falls. The spider had cut off both hind feet for the bounty. The cat weighed between 16 1/2 and 16 3/4 lbs., without the feet. Pisani felt that the long tail indicated some "house
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Barbe 1959 Odoroilers May 1 2.2 mi NW Bolinas, 300ft., Marin Co. Calf.- Found a spined animal, dead a long while, in a Buncharis - sage field which is sometimes pastured by cattle. It was well dried and mostly skeletonized. Saved the skull only as REB 4/6. Earlier in the day a short ways away saw a close fawn in pasture with cattle, near road. She jumped fence, but the fawn couldn't get thru - she crossed road and up the hill, leaving the fawn. June 25 4 mi S Ladysmith, Vancouver Is., B.C. Today saw what appeared to be a pair of fawns - small animals - in a cleared forest front area. One had a set of spines in velvet.
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Banks, R.C. 1960 Misc. U.S. Localities Catalogue nos. 715-847, 905-908
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Banks 1960 Catalog 1. Feb. 1, 1960 Santa Rita Mts. Santa Cruz Co., Arizona captured by J. Brown 715 ♀ Aphelocoma ultrazania shel. see pp. acct. Feb. 7 3 mi. S E Knoxville, Napa Co., Calif. 716 ? Asyndesmna lewis coll. A.H. Wille 4 mi. E Pope Valley, Napa Co., Calif. 717. ♀ Aphelocoma coerulescens coll. A.H. Wille 97gm. Feb. 9 Bear Creek Road, Contra Costa Co., Calif. 718. ? Pipilo fuscus shel. Mar 18 Wildcat Canyon, Wilde Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif. 719. ♀ Olorica coronata 14.3gm. pick ups. to 1mm. Feb. 28 5 mi W Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Calif. 720 ♀ Anas platyrhynchos shell tame bird (Groch fam) March 24 Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. ova small ovary 5mm. 721.♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 24.6gm. Coll. F.A.Pitelka. March 26 ova small very fat 722. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 24.5gm. coll. F.A. Pitelka extremely 723.♂ " " " 36.2gm. " " fat? ~~24~~ not prepared 31.9 gm ??, not used 25. "not prepared: 4 gm. " "
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Banks 1960 Catalog 2. April 6, 1960 Albany, sea level, Alameda Co., Califf. coll. Dr. Medina, R. Holmes. 724. ♀ Leimodromus to. 6 x 2 very fat molting 725. ♂ Ereunetes mariei to. 2x1 mod fat little molt coll. Holmes+Medina. 6 Hwy Lane, Orinda, Contra Costa Co., Calif. April 10 726. ♀ Zonotrichia atricapilla to. 342mm.- very fat coll. R.L. Church. San Pablo Marsh, Richmond, Contra Costa Co., Calif. April 19 727. ♂ Melospiza melodia to. 1046 mm. my fat mouse trapped by E.P. Fisher 18.1 gm. 728 ♀ ' ' ' ' est. 17.0 gm. ao. 1.5mm wood patch - hadnt laid. trapped 8/27/59. 729. ♂ Passerulus sandwichensis ' ' ' ' to. 10 mm. 18.0 gm. m. trapped, 4/19. wood patch 17.5gm. April 20 731. ♀ Melospiza melodia 17.5gm. wood patch mitrapped by B.F.T. Inspiration Point, Contra Costa Co., Calif. April 23 732. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.5 gm. to. 947mm. April 24 Brooks Island, Alameda Co., Calif. coll. Dennis Galloway. 733. ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.2 gm to. 10x7 mm. April 25 2.9mi. S. 3.7 mi E Stewart's Point, sea level, Sonoma Co., Calif. 734. ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 30.0 gm. to. 9x6 slight fat 17 735. ♂ ' ' ' ' 30.4 gm. to. large (shot) 2 736. ♂ ' ' ' ' 31.7 gm. to. 11x6 slight fat 14 737 ♂ ' ' ' ' 321 gm. testes large 4 738. ♂ ' ' ' ' 29.9gm. to. 9x6 6 739 ♀ ' ' ' ' 29.35m. broad patch - subtestes enlarged 8
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Bambo 1960 Catalog April 25 2.9 mi. S, 3.7 mi. E Stewart's Point, sea level, Sonoma Co., Calif. 740 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 28.4 gm. tes, 9x5 3 741 ♂ " " " 31.2 gm. tes, 10 mm. 1 742 ♂ " " " 32.9 gm. tes, 11x6 5 743 ♂ " " " 30.6 gm. tes, 10x7 9 744 ♂ " " " 30.5 gm. tes, 10x6 13 745 ♀ " " " 30.0 gm. broodpatch 10 746 ♂ " " " 31.0 gm. tes, 10x6 12 747 ♂ " " " 30.2 gm. tes, 11x6 15 748 ♂ " " " 30.9 gm. tes, 10x6 shift fast 16. ova mm. mate ♀738 749 ♀ " " 29.6 gm. early broodpatch 7 early broodpatch 750 ♀ " " 32.9 gm. egg in oviduct 11 1 mi. E Cordelia, Solano Co., Calif. 751 ♂ Lanius ludovicianus 51.6 gm. pch-raphy O.F. Fales May 9 752 ♀ Agelaius tricolor all, & onions - captive a few days, injected May 9 whorl at bottom covered. 39.0 gm. broodpatch Beartooth Plateau, 25 mi. S W Red Lodge, Shoshone Co., Wygo. 10, 160 ft. June 16, 1958 parts only saved { 753 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys (coll. R.S. Hoffman 610) 30.5 gm. broodpatch 754 ♀ " " " 609 27.4 gm. " " α3x5 { 755 ♀ " " " 546 } cards 756 ♀ " " ( " 557 ) eggs in oviduct 757 ♀? " " ( " 558 ) not saved. July 7, 1959 758 ♀ " " ( coll. Hoffman ? ) egg in oviduct broodpatch 759 ♀ " ( " " " ) well developed broodpatch
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Banks 1960 4. Catalog Siych Pass, Glacier National Park, 7000 ft., Glacier Co., Montana Aug. 2, 1958 760, ? Zonotrichia leucophrys (coll.PCS #) 83) Big Baldy, SW MNE Meihat, 8600 ft., Little Belt Mts. Judith Basin Co. Mont. June 19, 1958 761, ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys (coll.BS Hoffman 665) to. lge. Head/Big Timber Creek, 10000 ft., Crazy Mts., Sweetgrass Co. Mont. July 1, 1958 portagey? 762, ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys (coll.PCS. 38) Big Snowy Peak, Big Snowy Mts., 8700 ft., Fergus Co. Mont. July 10, 1958 763. ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys (coll.E.D.Taber 1888) broadpatch 764, ♀ ", " ( ' 891) " 765, ♀ ", " ( " 1887) 766, ♂ v " ( " 1893) July 11, 1958 767. ♀ ", " (coll.PCS. 114) 768, ♀ ", " ( ( 115) 769. ♂ " " ( " 116) June 1, 1960 San Pablo Salt Marsh, Richmond, 0+ ft., Contra Costa Co. Calif. coll.R.F. Fisher 720, ♀ Rethmodontomya r. nariventris 136-64-22-15 12.1gm.
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Banks 1960 Catalog 5. 771 Dean's Meadow, 6400ft., Lassen Co, Calif. June 6 771, Bubo boreas 772 ' ' June 7 773, ? Troglodytes aedon 9.8gm. shell 2-layered in occipital to. 6x4 region only. 774 ? Spizella breweri 10.9gm. to. 8x4mm (prob. lactating. 775 ? Citellus. 265-38-42-18 300 gm.) nipples large 776 ? Sitta pygmea 10.9 gm. to. 5x3 777 ? Chlonna chlonna 28,4gm. to. 1/47 2mi, N, 2 mi E Mahogany Peak, 5000ft., Lassen Co, Calif. 778. Scelogous graciosus 779 ' ' 1mi, N, 2 1/2 mi E Mahogany Peak, 5050ft., Lassen Co, Calif. June 8 780, ? Empidomax hammondii 13.9gm. to. 7x4 shell 2-layer. 781 ? " " 14.4gm. broodpatch adj. shell. " collapsed follicle 782 ? " " 14.8 gm. broodpatch-ova 5mm. aiduct enlarged shell 2-layer. June 9 6 1/2 mi S, 4 3/4 mi W Susanville, 6400ftt., Lassen Co., Calif. 783. ? Peromyscus maniculatus '42-61-19-19 15.7gm. Bogard Campground, 5600+ft., Lassen Co, Calif. 784 Hyla 785 " 786, ? Empidomax sp. 10.0gm. to 6x4mm. shell 2-lay. 787. ? " hammondii 14.5 gm., broodpatch ova 7mm.
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Banks 1960 Catalog Bogard Campground, 5600+ ft. Lassen Co., Calif. June 10 788. & Didoprone liola 19.5 gm. tes. 10x7 mm. 789. & Stellula calliope 2.7 gm. tes. 2 mm. 790. & Empidonax 15.4 gm. layers; birdpatch. 791. & Piranga ludoviciana 37.1 gm. eggs-ovulet 792. Hyila June 11 793. & Vireo gilvus ovum 1 mm. birdpatch. mate of 794. 794. & " " tes. 7x4 11.3 gm. 795. & Empidonax birdpatch. 11.16m. ova 5mm. Sand Flat, 6500+ ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. June 12 796. & Peromyscus maniculatus 148-63-20-16 16.5 gm. tes. 9 mm. 797. & " " 153-69-19-18 13.7gm. nest. 798. & " " 145-64-18-18 14.7gm. nest. 799. & Cathia familiaris 7.8 gm. tes. 6 mm. 800. & ? ? Bucephus allolanatus tes. 10mm. 801. & Sita canadensis 10.4 gm. tes. 5 mm. early birdpatch. 802. & " " 10.6 gm. ova to 3mm. 803. & Perisoreus canadensis 61.1gm. tes. 3mm. 804. Bufo ? loraes 805 & Perisoreus canadensis 59.7 gm. old birdpatch every mall June 13 806. & Peromyscus maniculatus tes. 9mm. 168-72-20-18 17.0gm. 4 20mm embryos. 807. & Cutanias 201-85-31-16 52.4 gm. 808. & Carpodacus 26.9gm. tes. 8x7 mm. 809. & Hesperiphona vespertina slightly fat 55.8gm. tes. 12mm.
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Catalog Sand Flat, 6800+ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. June 13 810. B-fs Kelsey River, 4150+ft., Douglas Co., Oregon June 15 811. Pava Wind Crescent Lake, 4850+ft., Klamath Co., Ore. June 16 812. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus 157-66-20-18 20.3gm. 813. ♂ Vucifraga columbiana 138 gm. to 2mm. Skull 1 day. 1 mi W Crescent Lake, 5020+ft., Klamath Co., Ore. 814. ♀ Jueco oregano. 18.0 gm. incubating. June 17 Todd Lake, 19 mi W, 1½ mi S Bend, 6100+ft., Deschutes Co., Oregon 815. ♂? Spinos pinus 11.9gm. shell unmodified. 816. ♂ Sitta canadensis 10.0 gm. tes. 5mm. 817. ♂ Pama gambeli 11.5 gm. to. 7mm. 818. ♀ Reglus calendula 7.3 gm. egg in oviduct 819. ♀ Piranga ludoriana 33.9gm. Elk Lake, 4900+ft., Deschutes Co., Oregon 820. B-fs holas 821. ♂? Perisvens canadensis 58.9gm. mm. 822. ♂ Hylorchla guttata tes. 10mm. Sparks Lake, 4530+ft., Deschutes Co., Ore. June 18 823. ♀ Lidoprocne bierber 17.1gm. ova 2mm.
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Babo 1960 Catalog 8. June 19 Wire Meadow, 4\frac{1}{2} mi S, 1\frac{1}{2} mi E Elk Lake, Deschutes Co. Ore. 824. \varphi Junco oreganus 18.2 gm. To. 9 mm. Light fat visible elonga 825. \varphi Empidus cyanoccephalus 67.6gm. over 5mm. brood patch Ti. Santiam River at Marion Creek, 2400+ft. Linn Co. Oregon June 20 826. \delta Entanias 247-101-37-22 85.1gm. too small 827. \varphi Peromyscus maniculatus 150-71-19-17 14.3 gm. weak. no fat. nipples 828. \varphi " " 188-95-22-20 23.3gm. enlarged Ti. Santiam River at Bugaboo Creek, 2500+ft. Linn Co., Oregon 829. \varphi Melospiza melodia 23.8gm. brood patch June 21 cloacal protuberance. 830. \delta Passerella iliaca 27.4 gm. testis large (slit) 2\frac{1}{2} mi S, 5\frac{1}{2} mi E Detroit, 2000+ft., Marion Co. Oregon slight fat. 831. \delta Zostrichia leucophrys 26.6gm. to. 10mm. 832. \delta " " 24.6 gm. to. 9 mm. 833. \delta " " 25.9 gm. to. 9mm. } mates 834. \varphi " " 25.5gm. brood patch June 22 835. \delta " " 23.8gm. to. 10mm. 836. \varphi " " 22.6 gm. brood patch } mates 837. \delta " " Ti. Santiam River at Marion Creek, 2400+ft. Linn Co. Ore. 838. \delta Peromyscus maniculatus 157-78-22-19 14.3gm. June 23 lactating weak. 839. \varphi Peromyscus maniculatus 176-83-21-17 24.2gm.
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Bande 1960 Catalog 9. June 23 2 1/2 mi. 5, 5 1/2 mi. & Detroit, 2000 ft., Marion Co., Oregon 840 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 24. 2 gm. blood patch 841 ♂ " " 25. 5 gm. tes. 10 mm. 842, ♀ " " 22. 8 gm. blood patch July 26 Aug. College & Chalot Rd., (6127 Chalot) Oakland, Alameda Co., Calif. 843, ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26. 2 gm. tes. 10x6 mm. 844, ♂ " " 24. 8 gm. tes. 11x5 mm. Aug 9 San Pablo Salt Marsh, sea level, Richmond, Contra Costa Co., Calif. 845 ♀ Peithrodontus r. navivatinis 9.3gm. 136-65-16-14 coll. by 846 ♂ " " 9.3gm. tes. 6x3mm. 17 George F. 142-73-15 Finder Oct. 16 Hoorock Ranch, V of Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Calif. 847 ♂ Zonotrichia atricapilla 30. 6gm. adsh. tes 1mm.
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R. Banks 1960 Catalog 13. Aptos, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. - Ca. Nov 5, 1960 pick-up Dorothy B. 905 ♀ thyromanes berwickii Imm sh. molting Nov. 12, 1960 Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. 906 ?, Eremnetes mami 32.1 sm. Very fat. coll R.T. Holmes. 907, ♀ Erulia alpina 64.9sm. very fat. " Nov. 27, 1960 moderate fat. coll, 908 ♀ Zonotrichia albigilla 23.7sm. Imm. sh. F.A. Pitelka.
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Banks, R.C. 1960 Misc. U.S. Localities Journal
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Banks 1960 Journal 6 Mar. Pacific Grove - Carmel, seal level, Monterey Co., Calif. - Along the 17 mile drive in mid-late afternoon. Near Pt. Joe spotted a Western Grebe floating in a tide pool. Neck was bad, but saved the skull. Saw many birds along the early part of the drive as far as Seal Rocks. A few on the following list (*) seen at picnic grove in Pacific Grove. Scrib Jay*, Chestnut-Backed Chickadee*, California Woodpecker*, Red-tailed Grebe, Surf Scoter, Cormorant (carrying sea weed - nesting?), Guillemot, Western Gull, Western Grebe, Brewer Blackbird, Redwing Sparrow Hawk, White-crowned sparrow, Horned Grebe, Black Turnstone, Spotted Sand piper & Goldeneye. Also saw many seals and one, perhaps 2, Sea Otter, the latter near Pt. Joe. 25 Mar. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co., Calif. Set traps for mice for zoo. 113. In fields beyond Poultry Husbandry, caught 8 Reithrodontomy's megalotis, 7 Murinus californicus (both including pregnant ♀♀). Saw 4 deer. In pines, lost 2 traps to wood rat. In woods, near stream, set 1 Peromyscus californicus and 2 P. truei. Also 1 Hermit Thrush. 26 Mar. Today had 9 Reithrodontomy's, 1 Murinus, 3 Fox Sparrow, (War-tit.) Had moved the traps a little, not much.
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Banks 1960 Journal 2. 25 April Salt Point, sea level, Sonoma Co., Calif. Left Brough Jam, nr. Santa Rosa, at 6A.M., reached coast (Rt. 1) at mouth of Russian Rive about 7. Proceeded north, but because of detor thru hills around 1st Pass + Sea Vein, lost track of exact locality. West of the coast here is steep rocky. Just behind the shore, a strip of grassland, usually sheep grazed, extends ½-1 mile. Little or no brush, even along fences. Other places, pines go down almost to water. White-crowned Sparrows are spotty in distribution all along. Have seen these species today: Amer Goldfinch, Great Blue Heron, Western Bull Song Sparrow, Redwing Raven, Barn Swallow (Vanx Smith), Osprey, Western Bluebird, House Finch, Orange-Crusted Warbler. Weather - miserable. Fairly cold, overcast, light rain- drizzling all morning so far. Above written i 8:45 am. Also saw Turkey Vulture. Now, at 9:15, raining fairly hard. 29mis, 3.7mi & Stewart Point, sea level, Sonoma Co., Calif. Found good collecting locality here, started collecting about 10 am. Worked till 2, then again 4:30 till 7pm. Took a total of 17 birds. The area worked was mainly on the west side of Rt. 1, about 9 milong x ½ mile wide. It is an open stand of Pice (Pinus muricata) about 20 ft. tall, with scattered larger trees. Openings are irreglon, up to several hundred square yards. These openings are covered with bunch grass. Occasionally,
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Banks 1960 Journal 2.9miS, 3.7miE, Stewart's Point, Zaleral, Sonoma Co., Calif. Up at Send of strip, areas of grass have been grazed heavily by sheep, + form a lawn-like patches. Several deep gulches have worked up from the coast - these are filled with dense brush - willow, etc. There is no Baccharis or similar brush, as in Marin Co., e.g.. The day was overcast, with drizzle + mist much of the time. Sun shone briefly 3 or 4 times all day. Species seen in this locality: Western Bull dog shore, Allen Hummingbird, Paleolated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Song Sparrow, Western Flycatcher, Osprey, California Trail, Whew-kit, Flicka, Stellar Jay, Western Bluebird, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing (flock in Eucalyptus) Hermits Thrush, Vaux Swift, Barn Swallow, Turkey Vulture, Raven, Brewer Blackbird, heard 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. This ranch belongs to people named Osborne, distant relatives of Jone Hogaden, invertebrate student here. Saw several elder Broadmiles & Stewart's Point, Sonoma Co., Calif. Went there to look for Osprey nests. No activity. Area was logged 5 years ago. Brushy redwood forest. Distance from BM 109 (Stewart's Point quad, 7-1/2"', 1944) to BM 140 (Plantation quad, 7-1/2"', 1943). Latter point is in area worked.
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Barbs 1960 Journal 4. June 6-7 Dean's Meadow 6400 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. Enr. Eagle Lake June 6 Left Berkeley 8:30 a.m., arrived here about 6:15 p.m., via Truckee, Loyalton, & Susanville. Came into the area part Eagle Lake, which is NW fine slightly. The meadow & surroundings is a disappointment. The area has been heavily logged, and some slopes are almost denuded. Fire has also swept the area, and a large proportion of the remaining trees, all fairly small, are partly dead. There is a small lake at the [illegible] end of the meadow, a spring with a small pond for cattle) at the W end. I camped at the E end. There are cattle on the meadow ( they left during the night) and the whole area is grazed & disfigured with logging roads. It a pretty area now, but it must have been once. There is no brush in the meadow, nor anywhere else. Trees are mostly Yellow pine, a few White fir, and a few aspens in the meadow. A large colony of ground squirrels, some chickarees. Heard coyotes just as I went to bed. Walked around from 7:30-9:30 p.m., going to E overlooking Willow Creek Valley, then back along ridge N of the meadow. Took about 10, up at 6. Worked for 2 1/2 hrs. to the West, about the same elevation. The slopes have been logged & burned, the only live trees are small, & there are many dead snags and lots of fallen logs & slash. Farther W, at the edge of the ridge, there is more timber, but nothing to brag about. It was
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Journal June 7 Dean's Meadow, 6400 ft., Lassen C., Caly. 5-5u still in the early A.M. but a strong S wind has been blowing since about 10am. It is now 3pm. I have shined the few things I got earlier, and soon will move camp. My map for this area is Fredonger Peak Quad, 15 mi., U.S.G.S., 1954. Bird List: Bufflehead Mallard Killdeer Mourning Dove Nighthawk (C. minor) Flcker Yellow-ellied Sapsucker Western Wood Peew Olive Sided Flycatcher Mountain Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Robin Ruby Crowned Kiyget Brown-headed Cowbird Western Tanager Oregon Junco Brever's Sparrow Tree Swallow Mammals: Citellus sp., Entomias sp., Canyote, Chichance, Herps; - Bufo boreas, Sceloporus sp. Sparran Hawk Spotted Sandpiper St. Horned Owl Poor-will Hairy Woodpecker Whiteheaded Woodpecker Hammond Flycatcher Steller Jay Pygmy Nuthatch House Wren Mountain Bluebird Pileolated Warbler Brever Blackbird Green-tailed Towlee Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow Red-tailed Hawk.
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Banks 1960 Journal 6. June 7 Broke camp at Lewis Meadow about 4. Drove to edge of Willow Creek Valley, then toward Winner's Upper Meadow. Several needons along that road, but all heavily grazed and no brush. Collected 2 Sceloporus graciosa on that road. Am now at the unoccupied (at present) Fire Control Sta., about 2 mi E of Lewis Meadow, and about 1 mi N, 2 1/2 mi E Mahogany Peak. Same map. Elev. about 5080 ft. Late in p.m. It looked like a big storm coming, + I came here to have benefit of punch if it raised, but storm has passed on east, to the NE of me. Birds very quiet all afternoon, however. June 8 Got up shortly after 6, sun already high. Heard Horned Owls just before dawn, coyotes during the night. Worked the pine forest for 1 1/2 hr, got 3 Empidonax, 1 Audubon Warbler. Trees here are small, 15-20ft., an occasional larger one. Forest is much thicker than at Lewis Meadow; logging was much longer ago. There are signs of fire, but very old. Ground cover is sagebrush + mullen + grassloaf?, all low, very easy to get around. Empidonax much more common than above, Woodpeckers less so. Saw tracks here last night, Sceloporus graciosus this morning. Saw Gray Squirrel, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, + the other ground squirrel. List of birds seen in the lowland localities yesterday + today on next page.
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Banks 1960 Journal 7. June 8 1 mi N 2 1/2 mi E Mahogany Peak, 5080 ft. Lassen Co. Calif. Turkey Vulture Killdeer St. Horned Owl Pon - will Williamson Sapsucker Western Woodpecker Mountain Chickadee House Wren Paleolated Warbler Cowlind Redwing Western Tanager Oregon Junco Sparrow Hawk Morning Dove Booming Gighthawk Flicker Epidorax - 2 species? Stella Jay Brown Creeper Nulin Audubon Warbler Bauer Blackbird Western Meadowlark Starling? see sp. acct. Red Tailed Hawk 6 1/2 mi S 4 3/4 mi W Susanville, 6400+ ft. Lassen Co. Calif. From Susanville I could see to the SE a range with a good bit of snow on top and lots of bare ground. After getting lost several times in the valley, I found a road over Diamond Mt. - road eventually goes to Westwood. Finally established a camp about 7 p.m., about 1/4 mi. down (E) from the summit. Forest here is White Spruce and Yellow Pine, with many good sized trees and good replacement in the clearings. On top there is an extensive bare area, apparently natural. This is covered by Willow and grass, rather sparse. On the N side of the highest part there is sage brush. There are patches of snow in gulles on the N facing slopes.
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Balds 1960 Journal June 8 6 1/2 mi S, 4 3/4 mi W Susanville, 6400 ft, Lassen C., Calif. On the S & E facing slopes there are some springs or seeps, and here there is some extensive grass, at the heads of these areas there are large clumps of Alder and Willow. This is the closest thing to White-crowned Sparrow habitat I've seen yet, but there aren't any. At sunset I stood on the highest point available, could see both Lassen & Shasta. Set my 5 mouse traps at camp, as I have done each night, caught 1 Peromyscus. There are lots of mole voleships, chipmunks & ground squirrel holes, Lots of deer in area. In the following bird list, species seen only on top are marked *. Flircher Killdeer *(headstarted) Hammond Flycatcher Olivesided Flycatcher Steller Jay Mountain Chickadee White Breasted Nuthatch House Wren Robin Hermit Thrush Mt. Bluebird Ruby Crowned Krislet Pilolated Warbler * Cowbird Western Tanager Cassin Finch Lazuli Bunting * 1pr. Oregon Junco Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow June 9 In general, there are not many birds, and those here are very wild. Broke camp at 10, & left area at 10:30 back to Susanville and then west.
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Banks 1960 Journal June 9 Hog Flat Reservoir, 5480 ft. Lassen Co. Calif. - The area around here is all grazed. The marshy lands a mile or so SW of the Reservoir have willows in them, and there are Redwillows, Yellow Willows, + Sage Sparsous. The forest is mostly Yellow Pine second growth. Bogard Campground, 5600 ft. Lassen Co. Calif. Arrived here and set-up camp in mid afternoon. This is the area referred to as the meadows around Bogard Ranger Station in Grinnell, Dixon, + Lindsay's Lassen Section. The ranger station has moved about 1 mile down (W) the road. Near the old sta. is a cow camp - small house, corral, loading chute, etc. Family lives there, runs horses + a few cows in nearby pasture. There is a really extensive flat here - probably 1x2 mi. It is surrounded by by pine forest, small clumps of trees in the flat. Pine Creek A good stream runs through, with trout, from W to E, but may not make it clear through. Near the stream, esp. the NW part of the flat, it is very green and lush. Good grass, willows along the stream. This area is mostly fenced off used for pasture. Although there are green patches in the rest of the flat, most of it is sage brush. Soil is very red. A road runs through the flat, roughly N-S. The campground is at the W edge of the flat, just in the forest. Trees are mostly pine, but a good number of poplars right in camp and along the stream.
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Banks 1960 Journal 12. Bogard Campground, 5600' ft, Lassen Co., Calif. June 9 There are a lot of birds in the area -- with the variety of habitat there is a good variety of species. June 10 The people will not permit me to go into their pasture, which is all the meadow-willow area. Have been in twice, + here heard the only White-crow n for on the trip. There are millions of insects in camp. Went out last night + called horned owls. Heard 4, saw 2. No bats. Set 5 mus. specials + 3 gopher sets in meadow last night, no luck. Hunted around this morning, also little luck. It's extremely cloudy now, + dark, looks like a storm coming from the west. After supper took a ride around this end of the flat, following N E P.S. flat fenced area home old P.S. camp logging rd. forest flat forest the arrows on the map. There has been lots of recent clearing near the roads, + there is a stack of water pipe near the NW corner of the map, as the some project were underway. The sage, with occasional grassy areas, is more extensive than I originally thought. Set 5 mouse traps in sage near camp. Overcast till dark, no moon. + S flat flat ``` **P.S.** **H+T X A Y** ` -> S`
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Baho 1960 Journal June 11 Pyramid Campground, 5600 ft Larson Co., Calif. Nothing in my traps. Walked this morning thru the woods to the W, back along the stream. Little activity in the forest - there is more in camp. Now just after noon, and I am ready to move on. Following species heard in this camp or nearby: Herps: Pyla regila Bufa loreas Thamnophis sp. Mammals: Eutanasia sp. Citellas sp. Citella lateralis Coyote Deer Chickaree Marmot Birds: Red tailed Hawk (2) Mallard (gr.) Killdeer Morning Dove Thorned Owl (4) Nighthawk Belted Kingfisher ? Flicher Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-Billed Sapsucker Empidonax trailii (1), hammondii, & sp. Western Wood Pewee One-Sided Flycatcher Tree Swallow Steller Jay Mt. Chickadee Pygmy Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren Robin Hermit Thrush Ruby Crowned Kinglet Yellow-Warbler Audubon Warbler Pileolated Warbler Warbling Vireo Brewer Blackbird Cordind Western Meadowlark Western Tanager, Cassin Finch, Green-tailed Towhee, Oregon Junco, Chipping Sparrow, Brewer Sparrow, White-Crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Say Sparrow; Turkey Vulture Drive west, past the north side of Larson Park. Drive into Butte Creek area, toward Butte Lake, but found no suitable area. On to Hat Creek Valley, where I stopped for 1/2 hr. at the ranch
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Banks 1960 Journal June 11 Hat Creek Valley, Shasta C. Calfi - of W.B. Smith, elev. 3560 ft. Along the creek were large growths of alder, willow, + cottonwood. Nice looking area, but no Zonotrichia. Mrs. Smith is a sort of bird watcher, + I talked to her. She sees White-crowned n warbler. Here I saw Crow, Brewer Blackbird, Say Sparrow, Yellow Warble, Western Meadowlark, Robin, Western Bluebird, Warbling Vireo, + Amer. Goldfinch. There was an oryzel (dipper) nest over the stream, right in their yard. Drove on to McCland, + Mt. Shasta city, then up to the ski bowl. Finally found the road to Sand Flat + Panther Meadow. Road is blocked by down trees at Sand Flat, where I made camp at 8:30. Set 5 mouse traps. June 12 Sand Flat, 6800 ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calf. Am just on edge of Shasta quad, USGS, 1954. Am on SW slope of Mt. Shasta. Had 3 Brompes in my traps this morning. Mosquitos + flies are bad. But a late start this morning, since I had to finish setting up camp. Went out in the woods early. About 9 all was quiet - I sat on a log and sang pyzing owl calls. Soon Mt. Chickadees, Red- breasted Vth Hatch, Western Tanager, B.Creeper, Andulua Warble, and Campodacus sp. were in the trees near me. Also junco. Didn't get a lot done today. The forest here is fairly open, very tall trees - 100 ft. Many of the birds stay high in the tops of them. Giving Proud calls is the best way to get them, + then only a few species come.
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Banks 1960 Journal 13. June 13 Sand Flat, 6800 ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. - Got up early to hike the 3 miles to Panther Meadow. First checked the traps. Had taken 1 Bronzos out last night, within 1 hr. after setting. Now had one more in the tent, where I had a trap guarding supplies. Left traps set. About 7 ami., the dirt road meets the black-top road to the ski bowl. I followed this, finally found Panther Meadow. It is on that main road, about a mile below the ski bowl, & I had passed it Sat. evening. The only sign is 100 yds. from the road, facing away! It is not much of a meadow - just a flat. Panther Creek starts there, from meltwater. And it is still under 3 ft. of snow. The topo sheet is wrong regarding the position of Sand Flat and the road. Returned to camp through the forest. Didn't see much. Had a chipmunk in my traps. Shot a Carpodacus and an Evening Grosbeak in camp. In p.m., walked over the ridge just across the road (W). There is another large sand flat, completely barren. There is some large Arctostaphylos at one end, by the edge. The forest all around here is mostly Red Fir, very tall trees. Some has been logged recently, but relatively little, & nothing close to camp. There are frequent openings, with low Arctostaphylos or no cover. Soil is all sandy or rocky. Lots of fallen trees and dead snags. There is nothing moving at night - no owls, bats, or nighthawks - it gets pretty cold. Lots of vole markings in the flat, but nothing that looks like gophers. Began to break camp, will leave in the morning. I am convinced that
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Babo 1960 Journal. 14. June 13 Sand Flat, 6800 ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. there are no White-nomed Sparrows on this part of Mt. June 14 Shasta. Broke camp and left early this morning. Birds seen here: Turkey Vulture Red Tailed Hawk Goshawk? Hummingbird sp, & White headed Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Flicker Worming Dove Western Wood Pe Kee Olive sided Flycatcher Gray Jay Stella Jay Mt. Chisshadee Red Breasted Nutatch Brown Creeper Robin Mt. Bluebird Townsend Solitaire Hermit Thrush Ruby Crowned Knight Audubon Warbler Western Tanager Evening Grosbeak Carpodacus sp. Oregon Junco Fox Sparrow. Mammals: Chicharee, chipmunk, Golden mantled Ground Squirrel, Peromyscus. Herps: Bufo boreas. Last night just after I went to bed, heard a scraping on the bark of nearby tree. Shined my light, got just a glimpse of eye shine. A flying squirrel? This day was a complete waste. Drove down to Mt. Shasta (City), did some chores + had a grease job. Had to replace 2 badly cut tires. Went back on Rt 99 to McCord, took the road toward Mud Creek Pass. Couldn't make it - went on to the Military Pass Road. I've never seen two such dusty roads! They were bowling loops over Military Pass Road, and it was in bad shape. But I
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Banks 1960 Journal 15. June 14 Mt. Shasta area - did ok. until I came to a ford, which was too deep. Backtracked to McCloud, Mt. Shasta and on to Bray, Siskiyou C., off st. 97, N of Weed. Passed Grass Lake where I saw Yellow headed Blackbirds and, I think, Black Tern. Bray is 7 mi E of st. 97 - 7 mi. of washboard road. This entire valley is a mixture of marsh, meadow, sage brush and pine. It is odd, tree will be marsh or lush pasture on one side of the road, sage brush on the other. All the meadow land is grazed, and posted. There is a good sized stream - perhaps several- in this valley, with willows. Saw the following species: Redwing, Yellowheaded Blackbird, Kittlener, Wilson Phalarope, Black-billed Magpie, Cliff Swallow, Sage Sparrow, Wilson Snipe, Yellow Warbler, Robin. I stopped often and listened carefully for White-crowned Sparrows, but got no indication of their presence. It may be too wet, or too grazed, or too low. The situation here is similar to that at Bogard. - The birds may have been here in earlier years, and may be here now in reduced numbers or only in certain years. Southern Pacific RR runs through Bray. About 7 it got very dark + threatening, with big storm clouds coming from the W. Made camp in a gravel pit off st. 97, S of the turnoff to Bray. What I could see of Mt. Shasta was enshrouded with clouds. June 15 No rain last night, but is still overcast this a.m., but clearing. Left for Diamond Lake, Oregon.
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Banks 1960 Journal June 15 Diamond Lake, 5260±ft., Douglas Co., Oregon - Diamond Lake quad, USGS, ed. of 1917. 30'. Arrived in the area about 11am. The lake is much commercialized, fishing, store, camping, etc., but there is a lot of wild country just off the road. Looks like good camping area. Apparently rained last night. There is a marshy area at the S end of the lake. It is very wet, with abundant willow scrub. I walked around the area for an hour, but no sign of White Crown. It looks good, but must be too low. In this area heard: Hammond Flycatcher, Western Wood Pewee, Robin, Mt. Chickadee, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Savannah Sparrow, Spotted Sandpiper, Long-Billed Marsh Wren, Brown-headed Cowbird, Osprey (over lake). Tried to drive the dirt road to Crescent Lake, but got only as far as Kelsey River, 4150±ft., before a mud hole stopped me. Picked up at Dana Lee. Returned to Diamond Lake, back out to Rt. 97, to mt. 58, and to west end of Crescent Lake, 4850±ft., Klamath Co., Oregon , where I made camp. Tried to drive to Summit Lake, which is 5350±ft., but the road is not open. Altho White-crowns have been reported from here, it is very not good country. Pines extend to the water's edge, and the entire country is forested. Set my 5 traps in a little area of grass + willow near the lake. Took a walk about dusk, all was quiet. Set my watch back, 7pm on standard time.
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Babs 1960 Journal 17. June 16 Crescent Lake, 4250+ft., Klamath Co., Ore. - Get up at 4:30, just getting light. Had 1 Plovers in a trap. Hiked up the road to Summit Lake, from 5 till 8. The forest is about lemon! For the first hour + a half, saw only 3 birds & anda? few others. Very overcast, and got rather windy. Most of the trip back was in a drizzle. Finally shot a g juno + one of 2 Clark Nutcrackers I saw, those nearly back to camp. It was overcast all morning, clearing occasionally, then sun quite hot when it came out. It sprinkled off and on, showering rather hard once. Broke camp at noon. Nothing new in the bird line list, except Nutcracker. Found Solitairia nest, + juno nest. Tree swallows nesting in the camp. Fried fishin in camp just before I left. Drove to Crescent, then on rt. 97 to Bend. At Bend went west on Century Drive. Made camp at Elk Lake, just 1 mi S of my map, Three Sisters Road, 4565, 1932. All roads off the Century Drive, and this is the only accessed campground open. It is a very nice camp, best on the trip. It is very cold this evening - coldest so far. Todd Lake, 19 mi. W, 1/2 mi. S Bend, 6100+ft., Deschutes Co., Oregon. Drove to the junction of the road to Sisters, and walked around the edge of the meadow. Then walked up the road, past Todd Lake. Birds are scarce, only a few species seen. There is extensive meadow at the junction of this road and Century Drive, and north
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June 17 Todd Lake, 19 mi W, 1/2 mi S Bend, 6168 ft., Deschutes Co., Oregon. along this road as far as I want. However, most of the country is under up to 4 ft. of snow. I don't if this will be open for 2 weeks. The stream is runny full, from meltwater, and there are places where the ground is bare, esp. around tree bases and clumps. There are small willows along the stream, and rather thick evergreen at the meadow edge, but not enough open country - yet for White-crowned. I get the impression, however, that it would be suitable habitat. Willows are all small, not yet in leaf. It resembles the situation last July 1-4 at Hart's Pass, Wash., except there is more snow here. Saw Mt. Chickadees Chipping Sparrows in copulation (not # mileage from together). Pine Siskins are in flocks of 6 or 8. USGS map. Elkh Lake, 4960+ft Deschutes Co., Oregon - About 4pm. took a walk due W of the campground, which is on the W side of the lake. It was very quiet. Saw a family of gray jays. Pygmy Owl calls attracted Chickadees + nuthatches, and a Hermit Thrush, which I collected. A pygmy owl answered from a long ways off and finally came in (5:30pm.) but I didn't set it. This is forest land, perhaps 100 ft. above the lake. Pinus contorta dominates down low, but just a bit higher, there are mostly hemlock. Set 5 mouse traps in grassy wet area at edge of lake and catched a toad while setting them. Will put up linds tomorrow. // Nothing in traps. June 18
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Barks Journal 19. June 18 Elkh Lake, 4900 ft, Deschutes Co., Oregon — hunted this morning around the edges of Sparks Lake, 4520 ft., and the meadows there. Saw very little and collected only a Tree Swallow. In the afternoon, I walked to a place called Island Meadows, due N of Elkh Lake about 2 1/2 miles. There is a trail starting opposite the road to the lodge. The trail is hard to follow, since stretches of it are covered with snow, drifts hip-high. I lost the trail finally, and went the last third or so of a mile by following the sound of a chorus of Birds. The meadow was instead a lake at the moment, with water 3 or 4 ft. deep over it, and extending into the woods around. Got lost again on the return trip. Round trip took 3 1/2 hrs., but if trail were clear all the way, probably a 2-2 1/2 hr. trip. Very little bird life in the forest. Saw only Chickadees, Nuttall’s Wrens, Siskins, and Hermit Thrush. Big for the most bird activity is right in camp. In late afternoon it began to cloud up fast, got cool & windy. Now it's completely overcast. Relocated my traps in the little marsh. Some were sprung and killed during today. I suspect Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel. June 19 Wire Meadow, 4 1/2 mi’s, 1 1/2 mi. E Elkh Lake, Deschutes Co., Ore. Hunted completely around the edge of this meadow, now under about 4” of water, without seeing much of note. The very lush meadow is adjacent to Big Lava Lake, and part of it may be always marshy. Saw Red Crossbills, but a car scared them before I could get a shot.
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Banks 1960 Journal 20. June 19 Elkh Lake, 4900 +/- f., Deschutes Co. Oregon - By the time I got back here from Vine Meadow it was completely overcast. A wind was blowing, so cold I had difficulty moving. This situation continued throughout the afternoon. I drove to the Mt. Bachelor ski area, which is nothing, and tried to hike in the Todd Lake area, but it was too cold. About 4pm. it began to rain, then it sleeted, and now, at about 7pm. it's snowing. As wet as the ground is, the snow is sticking. Brown. My general impression of the entire area (Todd Lake to Big Lava Lake) is that it's poor bird country. Both numbers of species and number of individuals seems low for any area. This may be a result of the particular season - by all reports this is a late spring. I will annotate the following list of species for these reasons. Killdeer - two seen at Sparks Lake. Spotted Sandpiper - common near lakes and streams. Mourning Dove - heard one from camp. Pygmy Owl - one answered my call in forest W of Elkh Lake. Birds all roused to their note, so I assume they are common. Night Hawk - 2 seen at camp at Elkh Lake. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 seen - Sparks Lake, and in camp. The lack of Picidae seems very strange. Western Wood Peewee - Sparks Lake, Camp, and Vine Mdw. Few (1 or 2) each place. Wthin forest, only open situations. Olive-sided Flycatcher - saw 1 at Vine Meadow.
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Banks 1960 Journal 21. June 19 Elkh Lake et vic., Deschutes Co., Oregon. Species list cont. Tree Swallow - very noticeable, but not common at lakes. Gray Jay - a family V of Elkh Lake Raven - Sparks and Todd Lakes - perhaps same individual. Clark Nutcracker - pair seen at Sparks Lake. Mountain Chickadee - common everywhere responding to Red Breasted Nuthatch - pygmy call, most abundant 2 species. Robin - common in all meadows. Mountain Bluebird - several pairs seen along road only. Townsend Solitaire - thought I heard note of this, not sure. Hermit Thrush - fairly common in deep forest; const. P.O. sites. Ruby Crowned Kinglet - common + widespread. Golden Crowned Kinglet - seen at Todd Lake, for a few. Auricular Warbler - widespread, but not abundant. Brewer Blackbird - small groups at meadows near lakes; most abundant at Wine Mdw. Brown Headed Cowbird - pairs or trios at Sparks and Elkh Lakes. Couldn't get one. Mix with Brewer Blackbirds. Heard also at Wine Meadow. Western Tanager - fairly common and widespread. Carpodacus sp. - singing in camp, and at Wine Mdw. Red Crossbill - 2 or 3 at Wine Meadow. Pine Siskin - common + widespread; mostly in flocks. Oregon Junco - fairly common, widespread. Chipping Sparrow - " " , in edges. Fox Sparrow - heard on several occasions. Song Sparrow - one tentative near Todd Lake.
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Banks 1960 Journal 22. June 19 Elkhake stric, Deschutes to Oregon, Species List, with Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel - common. Citellus sp. - in flat at Sparks Lake. Deer - saw several, which seemed tame. Buffaloes - very common in all wet places. Rana sp. - heard (?) at Island Meadow. Chickaree - fairly common in forest. June 20 Woke up this morning to find everything under 2 inch or more of snow. Rather chilly, but not as bad as last evening. Now at 8:15 have everything packed but the tent, and will do that and leave as soon as the snow melts from it. N. Santiam River at Marion Creek, 2400+ft., Linn Co. Oregon Wade camp here in mid-afternoon at Marion Forks Forest Camp, adjacent to the State Trail Hatley. Set my 4 mouse traps, and before long heard Entomies in one. In late afternoon and again in evening rained a near 1.3 mi. 5 of loc at the junction of Bufalo Creek. N. Santiam River at Bufalo Creek, 2500+ft., Linn Co., Ore. This is an area which has been logged. There is a good; if steep, gravel road up the steep W slope. It is this slope that has been logged. At the top of the hill, where the road enters deep forest, a sign says the area was logged + burned, 1945-1948. It is now second growth, trees to 15 ft. high, dense cedar and Douglas Fir (?). There is a good sprinkling of reparation species, esp. on lower slope - alder + maple. The area is rather dense - rhododendrons & Ceanothus in bloom.
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Banks 1960 Journal 23. June 21 M. Santiam River at Bugalo Creek, 2500 ft., Linn Co., Ore. Worked in this area for 3 hours, but collected only a Fox Sparrow. The area is on a very steep slope, and the vegetation is thick and difficult to get through, except on the remnants of old log roads. Hermit + Piledated Warblers are abundant. Was surprised to see Alder (trails') Flycatcher. Vision of Zonotrichia. M. Santiam River at Minto Creek, Linn Co., Ore. In p.m., walked through an area that must be where Ward Russell collected in 1941. He described it as recently logged and burned. It is now a good second growth stand; the trees are 20-25 ft. tall, and the log roads are grassy. There is still abundant evidence of the fire and logging operations, but much of it is concealed by the new growth. This area is flat. 2 1/2 mi., S, 5 1/2 mi. E Detroit, 2000 ft., Marion Co., Oregon I found White-crowned Sparrows here, in a rather recently logged and burned area, and have described the situation rather fully in my species account for Zonotrichia leucophrys. This is about 1 mile E from the small town of Idanha, on Oregon Rt. 22. Drove on down the river as far as Detroit - I thought I heard a White crow sing there, but am not certain. June 22 This is the only area between my camp & Marion Creek and Detroit with suitable habitat for Zonotrichia with the possible exception of the towns of Idanha & Detroit. Revisited the area this morning, collected 3
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Banks 1960 Journal 24. Jul 22 Denis, Stni E Detroit, 2000ft. Maria C Oregon. more White-throats. In the afternoon I drove up the N Santiam Pkier about 2mi, looking for suitable habitat. There is none. I had come past this area Monday, but this second check made me ? mor? certain. I got probally to 3000ft. this pm. Jul 23 Persisted this area in the morning, took 3 more birds. Saw several deer. Broke camp shortly afternoon, left the area about 3 pm. List of birds + otters seen along N Santiam Pkier: Blue Grouse Spotted Sandpiper Viglitbunt (C.min) Vaux Swift Hummingbird sp. (?) Belted Kingfisher Yellow Beldied Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Olive Sided Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Barn Swallow Tree Swallow (?) Steller Jay Raven Chestnut Barked Chichadee Dipper House Wren Robin Western Bluebird Townsend Solitaire Swainson Thrush Warbling Vireo Hermit Warbler Pileolated Warbler English Sparrow American Goldfinch Ring Siskin Western Tanager Oregon Junco Chipping Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow, Entanias sp., Deer, Peromyscus Thamnophis sp. Serbostus sp.
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June 23 Drove back to Santiam Junction and west on the South Santiam highway, which follows the river of that name. This is steeper and not as good a road as the U.S. highway. Just below Upper Soda, near Trout Creek, there is a farm, which looked like suitable Zonotrichia habitat, but I could not hear the birds in my brief stop. From Cascadia on down to the valley there are numerous openings where White-crowns could be, apparently, but I did not investigate. Drove on S or 99, turned East at 42 at Canyonville, and slept near Tiller. June 24. Drove to Rouge Elk, where I fixed breakfast along the Rogue River, then to Eagle Point, where I wanted to look for sparrows -- no sign. Drove back to Berkeley, arrived about 6 p.m.
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Banks 1960 26 Journal Oct. 11, 1960 Hashell Ranch, 10 mi. S Marysville, Yuba C., Calif. With Ned Johnson, Gene Christman and Bob Payne visited this ranch and the duck club of A.S. Leopold, to see the breeding colony of Agelaius tricolor (q.v.) that Gene had reported finding 10 days previous. Arrived here about 11:30 am. Spent 4 hours shooting (+shooting at) blackbirds, and scouting the area. Left about 3:30 or so. Besides tricolors, the following species were seen: Long-billed Marsh Wren, Redwing, Savannah Sparrow, Water Pipit, Killdeer, Sharp-shinned Hawk, White-crowned Sparrow (Barnes), Sparrow Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Marsh Hawk, Western Meadowlark, Goo?, Mallard, Baldpate. Also saw some smaller ducks (?Teal?) and some sandpipers I couldn't identify. Oct. 16 Grovock Ranch, [W of Santa Rosa, Sonoma C., Calif.]? There were a good many birds around here on this warm sunny day. Collected 1 Zonotrichia atri- capilla. Saw: Plain Thrush, Bewick Wren, Polio, Brown Towhee, Rufous-sided Towhee, White-created Nuthatch, Black Phoebe, Wren-tit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Goldfinch sp., heard a Mockingbird (perhaps Thrasher) and flocks of Black- birds flying over to the SW.
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Banks, R.C. 1960 Misc. U.S. Localities Species Accounts Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals
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Banks 1960 Bufo loreas June 6 Dean's Meadow, 6400+ft., Lassen Co., Calif. One individual (???) sitting, facing out, in a depression just its size. May have been a cow track, but more likely the beginning of a Cistella burrow. Was cold, made little struggle when I picked it up. About 6 feet from water (lake) facing it. Later, found another hopping toward pond at spring at end of the meadow. (?). A good chorus of toads singing all evening. They seem to be a good ways out into the lake, not right at the edge. June 10 Bogard Campground, 5600+ft., Lassen Co., Calif. Saw one individual hopping near camp. June 12 Sand Flat, 6800+ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. Picked up one small Bufo in the rocks beside the road. It had bright yellow-orange foot pads, esp. on front feet. Saw 2 others about the same size (Lindis). June 13 Saw several others of this same size; collected one (?). All I have seen here have been going the same direction, across the road and up the rocky bank, (NW) away from the flat toward the forest. One I watched made about 5 ft. up and 15 ft. across the bank in about 15 min. It ate an ant, altho it had passed by a couple of others. Its course was marked by sliding back + at least one somersault down the hill, but it showed remarkable agility on the sandy, rocky slope. Finally got to the edge of the Actostephus which forms the forest ground cover. No water either behind or in front of its
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Banks 1960 Bufo boreas 2. June 17 Elkh Lake, Deschutes Co., Ore. - There is a marshy area of about 1 acre near the campground on the W side of the lake. A chorus of Bufo from bee and other spots around the camp. While inspecting what I thought was the entrance to a mouse burrow, I saw a toad in it. It was wedged in firmly - depth of posterior about 3 inches. It was facing out. The hole was not a mammal hole - it just fit the toad. REB 820. June 18 Sparks Lake, 4520 ft., Deschutes Co., Ore. - A chorus of toads from this lake about 8:30 or 9 am. - extremely loud.
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Banka 1961 Salvadora hylipex April 9 4 mi. S Quartzsite on Rt. 95, Yuma & Arizona at about 4-4:30 p.m. we spotted this snake lying on the side of the black-top road. It appeared to be dead, with the only movement an occasional twitching of the rear half of the body, which I thought was reflex action. The anterior end was limp, and the tongue was hanging out of the mouth. After 10 minutes or so in the car, on the front seat, the snake got more active, drew the tongue back into the mouth. I put it into a paper bag, and it landed on its back. A good while later it was still on its back. But by the next check it had become active again and had righted itself. This was by 7 p.m.
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Banks 1960 Sceloporus gracilis June 7 2 mi N, 2 mi E Mahogany Peak, 5000 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. Caught 2 of 3 individuals seen on a fallen log in rocky pasture here. Caught glimpses of several other lizards, probably these. Shot a lizard to bits at Dean's Meadow - probably this also.
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Osprey 25 April Salt Point, sea level, Sonoma Co., Calif. Saw an Osprey fly across Pt. 1, going toward shore, which is 150 yds W. 15 min. later, saw bird goin the other way, carrying a shiny silver fish in its talons - fish nearly 1/2 length of bird. It flew behind a grove of pines, into the valley. 2.9 mis, 3.7 mi. E. Stewart's Point, sea level, Sonoma Co., Calif. All day here, saw ospreys with fish curling to gain altitude, flyin N.E. Would guess that every half hour one next past. Fish all carried in talons, so head points forward. Fish usually about length 1/2 tail of bird, or slightly more. 3 wooded miles E Stewart's Point, Sonoma Co., Calif. - The store keeper at Stewart's point directed me here, to see 3 osprey nests. Drew a map. He owns this land. It is logged redwood forest, lots of slash, very rugged. Several standing tall trees, up to 100 ft. Logged 5+65 years ago. Found 1 nest, saw no activity of ospreys.
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Banks 1968 Bubo virginianus June 9 Bogard campground, 5600 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. At dusk heard on and in the distance. Walked out on the sage flat near camp and started hooting. To the N I could hear 2 individuals at the edge of the sage & forest, or just in - one high pitched one further E, + a low-pitched one. Off to the S I could hear 2 others - one high, one low. The low voiced one nearest me (I) flew to the top of a Yellow Pine about 25 yds. from me, then to another about 40 yds from me. Plan it flew mayon to where the S pair was hooting. After while it came back toward me, but on the S side of the flat. After a long time the high voiced one near me flew S to a tree in the sage, then on to the top of a tree in the forest at the edge of the flat. Here I could see both of this pair in the tops of trees, and could still hear the other pair beyond them.
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Chordeiles Minor June 6 Dean's Meadow, 6400ft., Lassen Co., Calif. - A good number of nighthawks here, flying pretty high. Quite frequently can hear the "whu" of their dive. June 7 1mi N, 2 1/2 mi E Mahogany Peak, 5080 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. Nighthawks stated flying and diving well before dark while sun was still up. June 8 At 9 - 9:15 am., at least one bird diving in the distance. June 17 Elkh Lake, 4900 + - ft., Deschutes Co., Ore. - There are 2 nighthawks flying over camp, and diving and booming a lot. Both are diving. Their "peck" notes seem to be in different pitches. June 18 I have noticed the curious flight of these bird several times. Occasionally they give their wings a few very fast flaps, quite jerky. This is after from 3 to 15 normal, rather slow beats. One is soaring a good little here. Two birds in flight now (7:30 pm). Just observed one dive directly toward the other June 19 One, at least, flying and diving on this inclement evening. Precipitation falling, a mixture of rain, sleet, and snow. 8pm. Completely overcast, cold. June 21 N Santiam River at Bengalow Creek, 2500 + ft., Linn Co., Oregon. Flushed 2 birds close together on ground. One flew just a few feet and landed, then flew again. The other flew up, "peck'd" several times, and chided at, but not very near, me.
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Banho 1960 Chordeiles minor June 21 2 1/2 mi. S, 5 1/2 mi. E Detroit, 2000+ ft., Marion Co., Oregon. Flushed one bird, which flew silently about soft and landed. Found [illegible] laying the bare ground.
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Benks 1961 Alleno Calypso anna Contra Costa Mar. 28 El Cerrito, Alameda Co., Calif. - Mrs. Erin M. Johnson called into MVZ this morning, and reported an allino hummingbird. At 3 p.m., Don Medina and I went here to try to collect it. Mrs. Johnson's address is 8014 Terrace in El Cerrito. She took me to the area where she had seen the bird twice before, across the street and down the slope from her house, on a trail toward Huber Park. After a short wait, we saw the bird. The plumage was white, with a rosy suffusion on the throat. Bill dark. Its actions were no different from another hummer's. Maple, live oak, + ?Broom, as well as a purple-zipped plant, were in bloom, and both Anna and Allen hummers were present. The allino and another bummer at one time ascended vertically about 4 ft. above the vegetation, hill-to-hill, very close. Very soon there was a chase, and they both flew away, the normal kind in pursuit of the allino. About 45 min. later the allino was back, perched in a maple tree. Don shot, it flew away. We walked a short ways into the nearby field, + saw this allino being chased by another bird in a sweepy circle, rather high. While writing, I have seen 2 ?, probably 2 ? Anna, no Allen - they (Allen) may not have been present earlier. a. 10:15 a.m. Mar. 29 Saw the allino again in same area. There are Rufus Hummingbirds here also, and one of them chased the allino. Allino reappeared 11:15, was immediately
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Banks 1961 Albino Calyptra anna 2. Mar. 29 Contra Costa El Cerrito, Alameda Co., Calif. Chased by a Rufus. It disappeared for about 5 min. than returned & perched in a thicket. Don W. shot it, about 11:35. Description follows: Weight 4.0gm. Bill dark, short, broad at base. Feet pink with black douting. Eye black. Crown nearly pure white, but occasional green spots & barules near the ends of many of the crown feathers. Anterior superciliary region loses with buffy tips to feathers. Back feathers mainly white, with greenish on some bars near feather tips - back is considerably darker than head. Upper tail covets similar to back, but darker, with dark shafts. Rectix 1-1 - distal 1/2 of shaft dark; distal 1/3 of web greenish, iridescent to slight degree. Narrow band of light at tip. Rectix 2-2 - distal 1/2 of shaft dark, distal 1/3 of web green, iridescent. Band on tip of feathers light flesh or pinkish. 3-3 - as 2-2, slightly more green. 4-4, lighter than 3:2, more extensive pink, extending in on inner vane for 1/4". 5-5, distal 1/4 light, pinkish refons, esp. outer vane, next 1/4 greenish, proximal 1/2 white. Tail from below similar, but lighter. Under tail coverts pinkish buff for distal 1/2, proximally white. Several of these feathers have green spots centrally situated on the distal half of the feather. Throat feathers white based with dark centers, esp. a spot distally. Edges of
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Barbs 1961 albino Calyptranna 3. Mar. 29 El Cerrito, Contra Costa Co., Calif. throat feathers buffy to light tan. One throat feather in pin-stage, a few others with remnants of sheaths at base. Lower throat buffy, darkening in band on upper breast. Breast pure white. Belly dark, rufous-buffy with dark green medial area and white base. Primaries nearly pure white, rich shaft, except for distal 1/3 of shaft, and outer. Well outer primary with dark- ening distally. Other primaries with small amount of dark at tip. Secondaries with dark shaft, very little dark on vanes; light- rufous spot at tip of inner row. Marginals of underwing pinkish, with dark [illegible] green center flochs. Underwing coverts with dark, green centers; Rufous (light) on axillars and some underwing coverts, extending a little to flank. Upper greater primary coverts white, green centers near tip. Marginals dark. A row of feather missing (lane skin shows) between marginals + lesser primary coverts, both ways, to wrist. Middle (?) primary coverts white edged, large dark spot centrally. The bird was a male, testes less than 1 mm. The shell was unsatisfied. Medium fat, on lack of throat. Sti 909, R.GS.
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Barro 1960 Stellula calliope June 10 Bogard Campground, 5600 ft., Lassen Co. Calif. In the willows in the meadow by the stream here, last night I saw a couple hummingbirds that I thought were these, but I couldn't quite be sure. This morning saw a hummer in the sages pine, sitting in pine. Both one sitting on a dead willow branch in the meadow.
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Dendrocopos albolarvatus June 12 Sand Flat, 6500+ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. Watched one individual of this species in removal feeding behavior several times - 6 at least - it was seen to hawk insects in mid-air. It had good success, apparently catching something, a large moth?, each time. It flew mostly between 2 large trees 70yds. apart - nothing between them. Did not hear to drum during this time. Once it was chased from its perch by a Western Wood Pewee. Found a nest of this species in a broken off stump about 8 feet high. Freshly drilled hole about 6 feet up. Hole goes in about 2 inches before the cavity goes down. A bird flew from the stump as I approached. Stump is at edge of flat, the last spring. As I waited near the nest, this bird returned to the area. It, too, was observed to hawk insects several times. It was seen to land crosswise on a branch. Several times it came into the tree under which I was sitting, but never in position for a shot, although once within 15 ft of me. This tree was the nearest to its nesting stump. Once it flew to the back side of its nest stump then flew away. It sat on the end of a dead branch and preened for over a minute. A flicker calling in the distance did not bother it. It seems to stay most of the time on branches rather than on the main trunks, but does go on the trunks some. Drums mostly on branches. Finally shot it as it approached nest hole. It was a 8" (800) Saved stomach.
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Zabo 1960 Empidonax hammondi June 7 Dean's Meadow, 6400 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. - A bird, recognized to be this form by its song, having recently heard N. Johnson's recording of it, sitting at the very top of a 50 ft. White Fir (?) in this mixed pine-fir forest. It moved so yds. to top of another tree then flew away. I am at meadow, perhaps 1000 ft. higher. June 8 Lmi., N.2 1/2 mi. E Mahogany Psh, 5080 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. Shot one bird, which was sitting quietly, from the low branches of a yellow pine. Then heard another a couple trees away-it sang a couple times. It flew ahead of me about 20-25 yds., then flew back over my head near where I got the first. It was originally in low branches, but in the last tree worked up in the center of the tree to near the top before I got it. Its song had been 4 notes, in 2 doublets. A moment later a third bird flew into area. It sang
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Banks 1960 Empidonax June 11 Bogard Campground, 5600±ft., Lassen Co., Calif. Took a second small flycatcher in camp. Since it is opposite sex from the one two days ago, same place, maybe its mate. This one (795) was on a stump only a foot from the ground; as I recall, the other one was on the ground, also.
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Banks 1968 Contopus richardsonii June 9 Bozard campground, 5600 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. - Am listening to an evening song, which I believe is this species. Have heard it for the last several evenings at various places. It consists of 4 or 5 notes followed by a typical pee-pee sound. / pee-pee / slow rapid slow or -- rapid -- slow June 13 Sand Flat, 6800 ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. I have heard this evening song here also. The birds here stay very high in the trees, which are quite tall. There seems to be no understory flycatcher. June 18 Elkh Lake, Deschutes Co., Oregon - This species is not common here - in fact there are few flycatchers during type. Have seen the birds only right in camp, and at Sparks Lake. They are not out in the forest.
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Banks 1960 Podopogone bicolor June 18 Sparho Lake, 4530 ft., Deschutes Co., Oregon - It appears that this species here is just in the early stages of nesting. I collected one far pair which I observed in a chase, presumably sexual. The pair repeatedly made sallies out from and back to a dead tree, in which there was a hole about 20 ft. up. As soon as I shot this bird, the branch upon which he and her mate had been sitting was occupied by a pair of Mt. Blindwings. Could these be competition for old holes? Another pair of tree swallows was seen at a dead tree, playing around a hole obviously too small for them to enter. The species is very common along this chain of lakes from Todd L. to Elk Lake.
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Banks 1960 Peniceros canadensis June 12 Sand Flat, 6800 ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. - While I was walking in the afternoon, saw one of these birds come into a pine tree at the edge of a flat. Shot it. While retrieving it, another landed in the tree. Took it also. First one shot was a & second 8. June 14 A pair came into my camp while I was getting breakfast. They landed in a fir. One flew down toward the table on which I was cooking, scared sharply as it was about to land on the burning Coleman stove, and flew back to the tree. Both birds worked up into the higher branches of the tree, then disappeared. Did not hear a sound from either of these pairs of birds. June 15 Wend Crescent Lake, Klamath Co., Ore. - Saw one bird in the camp. June 16 [illegible] W Crescent Lake, Klamath Co., Ore. - Saw 2 birds come silently into a nearby tree, then they flew to another tree. One came very close to the other and appeared to feed it something. June 17 Elks Lake, Deschutes Co., Ore. - On the ridge just W of the lake, about 5 p.m., saw 3 of these birds in immature plumage. I stood still, and they came very close to me - 10 ft. Collected one. A short time later, saw 2 ad. and 2 imm. Probably the same family, at least one of the young begged for food, squeaking and fluttering its wings. I could not see for sure, but don't think it was fed.
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Sialia currucoides June 7 Dead Meadow, 6400 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. My attention was attracted by some "churr'ing" sounds to a dead fire-scorched pine on a bare slope. A bluebird was attacking a chickaree trying to drive it out of the tree. The bluebird repeatedly dove at the rear end of the squirrel coming very close with its bill. I could not see if it actually made contact for the squirrel moved very rapidly a few feet each time. Several propers of the squirrel was down, but occasionally went back up a few feet. Finally squirrel went down to ground, bluebird flew away. All the time a Mt. Chickadee was sitting in the tree quietly at the tip of a branch, occasionally fluttering its wings watching very closely.
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Banks 1960 Wyadestes townsendi June 16 1 mi W Crescent Lake, Klamath Co., Ore. - A bird flushed from the side of the road near me. Found it's nest under a projection of the road bank. There are 4 eggs, pale ground color with reddish-brown splotches, most concentrated near the large end. The nest appears to be mainly old pine needles, and sits in a hollow so the top is at ground level. The nest seems large, in that the eggs do not nearly fill the bottom of the cup [illegible] 1 1/2 ft. road level
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Banks 1960 Sturna vulgaris stabilis June 7 [illegible] N, 3[illegible] mi E Mahogany Peak, 4920ft, Lassen Co., Calif. Just caught a glimpse of a black bird flying past the house here, which I thought was this species. This is just at the edge of Willow Creek Valley and the forestland. June 8 Saw several birds here as I left area.
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Banks 1960 Vireo gilvus June 11 Bogard Campground, 5600+ ft., Lassen Co., Calif. - Took a pair of birds from lower limbs of a medium sized Pine near willows along the stream. This species is fairly common in the area.
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Banks 1960 Dendroica coronata 19 Mar. Kildcat Canyon, Filder Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Found this bird floating in the stream about 8:30 am. It was in good shape, not soaked. Shinned it at 4 p.m. 8, too. 1 mm. The skull had a dent in it, on the right side, back of the eye.
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Agelais tricolor Oct. 11 Harrell Ranch, 10mi. S Marysville, Yuba C., Caly. Tricolored blackbirds were here in flocks of thousands, birds very much in evidence in all the tule patches on the various duck ponds. We were in the vicinity of ponds 1-3. Breeding seems to be taking place in all these areas, perhaps less around 3 although I did not check carefully here. I went into the cat tails at the SW corner of pond 1, near the high levee. In about 15 feet the birds were spaced rather evenly on the tule, about 2-3 ft. apart. 15-20 feet in from the edge of the tule I began finding nests. In 2 separate trips into the same area (perhaps 10 ft. apart) I found 1 nest with 1 egg, 4 with 2 eggs, 6 with 3 and 4 with 4. There were some old nests and some new ones without eggs. Some of the unoccupied nests were not inside. Nests were from 1-6 feet above the water, which was about 3 feet deep. I got the impression that only nests 3-6 ft. high had eggs in them. Tules in this area were white with splashes of droppings from the perching birds. The birds arose in large flocks from the nesting areas, flying around the edge of the marsh. These flocks seldom flew out over dry land. Small flocks, up to a dozen, were often seen flying in to the marsh, but I saw few of these birds leaving. From the high levee at the outlet of the ponds (1) I could see marshy area on the other side, and there
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Banks 1960 Agelais tricolor 2. 11 Oct. Haskell Ranch, 10 mi. S Marysville, Yuba Co., Calif. were tricolors there, also. When we left the area in midafternoon, there were hundreds feeding in the fields where the dirt road from the ranch joined the main road.
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Banks 1960 Hesperiphona vespertina June 12 Sand Flat, 6200 ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. - Evening grosbeaks are abundant here. Saw a pair early in a.m. Others can be heard calling in the tops of the 160ft. trees around camp, and else where in the forest. Saw a & down low in a clump of small fir, she may have nest there. The birds stay high in the trees - may not forage. I think this is the species I have seen gliding between the trees, not sure. Their note is very Campodacus-like, and much of the time I am not sure what I am hearing. June 13 Saw a & low in a small tree and shot it. Only wounded it, and when I approached it, it faced me and opened that big, white bill. I was very careful how I picked it up. A & flew from the tree when I shot - I hadn't seen her. This species is common all the way to Parker Meadow, 7500 ft., 3 mi. away.
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Birds 1960 Junco Oregonus June 7 Dean's Meadow, 6400 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. - flushed junco from nest containing 3 eggs, at base of 3-ft. pine. June 9 Bogard Campground, 5600 ft., Lassen Co., Calif. - At 12 o'clock noon walking across the sage flat just after dark, 9 pm., a junco fluttered out across the ground from about 6 ft to my side. It did not fly until I shined my light on it. Found a nest with four eggs in a clump of sage. June 10 Saw bird under pine gathering very fine grass- like material, presumably for nest building. June 16 1 mi W Crescent Lake, Klamath Co., Oregon - Flushed a ♀ from a nest in a hollowed out cavity under the edge of the road bank, on the road to Summit Lake. 4 eggs. Collected her. She had landed in the road, then flew to a small pine and was chipping. June 21 7½ mi S, 5½ mi E Detroit, 2000 ft., Mariona Co., Oregon Found nest with 4 eggs. Both adults flushed from within a foot of each other.
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Benho 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys Mar 24 Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. - Frank Pitelka trapped a brown-crowned White-crown, brought it to me on 25 Mar., when I prepared it as PCN 722. It was a ♀, overy 5mm long with small ova (1mm). Shell completely 2 large. Molt on crown and breast. Probably a local bird rather than a northern one. It might be pointed out now that most of the migratory birds have left already - at least on campus one does not see the small flocks that I associate with wintering "pytensis". The birds here are singing, on campus and in Strawberry Canyon. Mar 26-27 On March 28 F.A.P. brought me 6 new birds from his yard. These were prepared on Mar. 29. The first I did (722) was a ♀, about the same stage of devel- poped as 721. It was in heavy molt - the head, up- [illegible] under the mandibles and between them, the coronul region and side of the neck, as well as the anterior parts of the central tract ( but not the posterior parts ) A kee mittae , and the dorsal cervical tract were all well observable as molting from inside the skin. 723 was a ♂, fattest sparrow I have ever seen - gobs of white fat over abdomen, and in femoral area, and over the body. Gobs that I could pull off weighed 5 gm. Molt on dorsal cervical region only, as far as I could tell, but couldn't see most of the tracts for the fat. Testes 3 x 1½ mm. Soaked skin in gasoline till 30 Mar.
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Banks 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys 2. Mar 26-27 Berkeley, Alameda Co. Calif. A third bird, started as 724, lost so many back feathers before I stated that I quit. It was a ?, tes. 3+2 mm. It was as fat or fatter than 723, in molt, feathers in sheath on entire head (frontal, coronal, occipitals superior regions - not auricular or cheeks) throat, and all central rectrices in sheath but apparently full grown. Wt. 31.9 gm. (3) Ad. Fourth bird, started as 725, not finished, weight 31.4 gm., was similarly fat. Molt on head - all major regions including cheeks (below eye, below bill - below lore), also on dorsal cervical region, throat + apples, abdominal regions. A little molt on lower back (rump?), central rectrices apparently not replaced, but can't be sure. 8th + 9th secondary in sheath, 9th smaller on right wing. On left, both these are % sheath, but 7th 65C has sheath. On previous bird, no cheek shows no sheaths in secondary region, apparently fresh feathers. This bird (ie, 725) is a ?, ova small. Next two birds collected 27 March. The first of these has a crown - mostly brown - 1st year. Most feathers in sheath - even feathers coming in are brown! All head and facial tracts are in sheath. Molt extends down entire dorsal tract to oil gland, but is less extensive on back than on crown. -- or one nearly completed, (4) Ad. (5) 13.
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Zonotrichia leucophrys. Jan 26-27, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. Lateral upper tail coverts are in sheath, central ones (p 1 pr only) appear old+ worn - these are only ones not in sheath - others are more sheathed + smaller moving laterally. Central rectrices 2/3 to 3/4 grown, in sheath. Other rectrices old. Primaries, alula, + their greats not in sheath. Secondaries (left) 7,8,9 in sheath, as are their greater coverts. 6+7 are nearly full size, 8 just bursting sheath. Right wing identical. Crural tract (leg) has some feathers in sheath. ♀, Tos. 2x1mm Vol. 1.0m³ Vol. 63 The last of these birds ♂ Tes. 3+2 mm., Wt. 34.0 gm, also extremely fat, was essentially done with molt. Only a few crown feathers in sheath. Plumage very fresh all over. Bird ♂, the 1st year, had very little fat and was yellow - no big solo of white "melt" fat as on others. All the above birds - present migrants, i.e., pacificensis. Apr. 2 An adult gambelii, 26.3 gm. Crown black+white except for 1 feather on left black stripe. It is now, but so are some of the black+white ones. All new feathers black+white. Molt from frontal to occipital, most crown; superciliary, auriculars, nalar, loval; anterior cervical + upper back have nearly fully grown feathers; lower back has sheaths only exactly centrally, along spine, these less grown than those on upper back. No evident central tail coverts; others in sheath, biggest centrally. Replacement metes 2,3,4,5. 6 not dropped as yet, but is
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Banks 1960 Zantichia leucophrys 4. Apr. 2 Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. F. A. Pikelha home some on left. No rectrix replacement. Under tail coverts in sheath, progressing from central laterally. Em'tie quissum apparently replaced. Central tract new, prim feathers only at bottom, near joint. Ventrally, all feathers are new or in sheath, mid. and distal. All sec. coverts (left) look new, increases of traces of sheaths. Secondaries 7&8 look new, but broadly edged with white. Tertials? On left wing, sec. 7&8 as above their coverts in sheath. Sheath on base of sec. #6! Two feathers now radially, both in sheath, outer 2x as long as inner, now fully grown. Humeral tract, mid molt. F., fat infurcalum. Apr. 3 Two new from lached birds. O 24.1gm, black +white crow; little molt on crown, but increasing toward occiput. Few sheaths on other head tracts. Only traces of sheaths on neck + upper back, very few toward rear, none on rump. Most back feathers look new. No molt of tail or upper coverts. a few sheaths on quissum. Internasal feathers new, a few sheaths; now on throat; all new or tiny feathers on abdominal tract. Sec. 7&8 new, no sheath on seco. or covert. Wings some. Many humeral tract (scapular) in sheath. F., moderate fat. Second bird, 28.3gm. Most remiges in very good shape! No sheaths > tips now. Black+white crow. Head (incl. internasal) all new. Only a few sheaths left on either dorsal or ventral surfaces.
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Banks 1960 2. lene. 5. Berkeley, Alameda C., Calif. (FAP home) Apr. 3 No molt of tail, apparently. This bird is essentially done with molt. Very fat, (extremely) &. Apr. 25 Salt Point, sea level, Sonoma C., Calif. This is an area of pasture on both sides of the road - ex- tending to the cliffs above the water on the W. side, a small grove of pines on the E. Heard a few birds singing at edge of pines, but when I got there couldn't find any. Also hear birds toward the water, where there is no brush or cover at all - just grass and rocks. Am not convinced that they are nesting here, but maybe. Song here is --- some- times with an upslurred J at the end. Osborne Ranch, 2.5 mi S, 3.7 mi E. Stewart Rd, sea level, Sonoma C., Calif. Bird 1 singing in top of small pine, - In area, several birds singing - ----- Bird 2, with this latter song, was with another after quite a chase - on a large fallen dead pine. W. 3 was flitting quietly in the lower branches of a pine. Was seen to catch an insect flycatcher fashion. I was attracted to 4 by its song (as above) - it led me down a row of small pines in grassy fields, to edge of bluff. W. 5 was in a pine with another bird - both had flown in from foraging in very short grass. As I got 5, no. 6 flew up in a pine 15 yds. away. # 7 is probably mate of 6. & Buns are a pair feeding in grass. Mate wounded, escaped into brush. 9 was in a pine tree, 10 flew in behind me after -
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Banks 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys 25 Apr. 2. 9 mi S, 3.7 mi E. Stewart's Point, near level, Sonoma Co. Calif. had crossed a gully - it landed atop a clump of ferns. No. 11 flushed from a pine onto a dense clump of brush, 3 ft. high. Did not go in brush, sat on top. #12 was one of 2 birds, shot from a pine. When the 2 flew a couple times, gave notes which I associate with copulation or begging (for copulation). Aq.m., #13 was a bird I had wounded this am. #14 was feeding in short, sheep-grazed grass - it wounded mate got into dense brush. #15 was in pine. 16 was in short grass, near a clump of dense brush. #17 was singing near car. Summary - In general, birds today were quiet. It is a cloudy + rainy day, & they are staying in the inside of the pines. Little singing. Not extremely abundant here - probably 20 pairs in this area of .9 x .25 miles. See journal. 11 May Berkeley - today starting to put up specimens sent by R. Robert S. Hoffman, Montana State Univ, These birds were collected in 1958-1959 in various parts of Montana and are cataloged in there localities. My numbers run from 753 upward. The birds were injected with formalin and frozen. On the journey here they partly thawed and were - frozen here for 2 weeks or so. Weight may be off some because of formalin. Correspondence covning these birds is in MV2 file, early 1960. Note: Could have only parts of those birds.
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Bamboo 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys 7. June 9 Bogard Campground, 5600' Larson Co. Calif. - Heard one bird singing this afternoon, in Pine-sage at the edge of a grassy meadow with willows bordering the stream. This is the area of the meadows at Bogard Range Sta., where Lindsay reported spurious "20pr.t" in the Larsen section. The Ranger station has moved ca. 1 mi. W.of its old location. See journal for fuller description of area. June 16 In some areas can hear again 1 bird. It sings: -- \, , - -, \, As I approached it in the willow, it flew a hundred yards into the pine - a grove of small trees, 15', growing in the sage. As I sat writing notes, I heard it farther away, in larger pine. Can only hear one bird at a time, and think that is all there is. June 21 2 1/2 mi S., 5 1/2 mi E Detroit, 3000ft, Marion Co. Oregon In a recently logged and burned area, heard a few White-crowns singing. The area is covered with charred logs, and there are a number of dead standing 30ft. trees. There is a good green low ground cover, and a few clumps of Acer 3ft. high. The first bird heard (taken) sang \, -- \, -. Others can be heard with the same general song, less descent on the trill. Found a nest on the ground in a clump of bracken by flushing the ♀. She flew over the brow of the hill, and 2 birds came back. I got one of them. Took a third bird which I first saw chipping. Just after getting this bird,
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Barks 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys 5. June 21 2 min S, 5 1/2 mi E Detroit, 2000 ft. Marion G. O-?on another appeared in a nearby tree, set chirping "peant". 8334 Got it too. This area is adjoinant to the road, which is right by the N. Section Pile. It extends for about 1/2 mile along the road, somewhat less into the hills. A cross section would appear like this: forest After taking these 4 birds in rapid succession, half an hour or so, most of the area is quiet, but I can hear one, perhaps 2 birds singing at the other end of the area. It is quite windy here. Heard another bird sing -- ???. There are 2 distinct song types here. As I neared the West of this area, I could see that the topo sheet shows it very well, and that the above profile, drawn for the N-S axis, fits equally well for the E-W axis. (Will City quad, USGS, 1929). June 22 This morning at 0730 I can hear 2 birds singing -- both have a song as the last described above -- ???, except that one adds a trill -- ?? - ----. But this last bird (835) sometimes leaves the trill off his song. On my way up the hill I flushed a ? from the same nest as yesterday, so it wasn't her that I got second yest- erday. Couldn't get her now, either. Saw a bird with what seemed like a mouthful of insects. As soon as I got her, another (836-837) began to "peant" right there -- am sure those are mates. Can see and hear another bird singing -- ?? - ?, the basic song with one additional note.
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Barbs 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys 9. June 22 2½ mi S, 5¼ mi E Detroit, 2000 ft., Marion Co. Oregon The White-crests here seem to be all on the slope or on the top just at the edge of the slope. The slope is S- facing, so is sunny all day. Here the ground cover seems densest, there being fewer open spaces due to the logging operations. Chipping sparrows are abundant here, juncos less so. There are several hawks (4 at least). As I write this, all is very quiet, so far as Zonotrichia goes. June 23 Tooh a pair which fell in almost the same place. One 840-941 had had insects (?) in its bill. Late, got one of a 842. pair which I chased for a long time, yesterday & today. This appears to be all I can get from this population. I've taken 10, and would estimate the original population to be not over ten pairs, perhaps not that many.
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Zonotrichia leucophrys 10. July 26 6172 Chalot (College + Chalot) Oakland, Alameda Co. Calif. Jim Mulligan live-trapped 2 ad. ♀♂ which he brought to me. He said both had been singing. Both birds had enlarged testes, but were in early stages of the annual molt. The first (843) had almost all lower back feathers nearly full grown - many of these fell out with the remnants of sheaths on them. The other (844) was similarly molting on the back, and the primaries as well. The left wing had prim. 1+2 in sheath, 1 large, the rt. wing had 1+2 similar to left, + additionally the 3rd prim was just through the skin. Left P-3 was not yet dropped. No molt of secondaries or crown or breast on either bird.
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Banks 1960 Zonotrichia atricapilla. Apr. 1 6 Ivy Drive Orinda Contra Costa C. Calif. - Bird caught by Ron Church. Kept cold until Apr. 4, when I examined it. Crown pattern 1A (News Bird-Banders 33 (3) :25, 1958) A few pin feathers on coronal tract, in yellow region. Many now on posterior coronal and occipital regions, less well developed (shorter). This continues on dorsal cervical region and over anterior ½ of back. Fewer on lower lachot nump. All back feathers farther out than crown occiput feathers. No uppertail coverts or rect. in sheath, but lack pair maybe new. Entire ventral surface except under tail coverts has many sheaths or pin feathers. 2/3 of primaries are in sheath. Left sec. 1 & 2 in sheath, & just broke its sheath, & about 2/3 grown. Many humeral feathers in sheath. Right sec. [illegible] in sheath, 7&8 both ½ grown & just past [illegible] of sheath. Humerus can left. Many sheath feathers on both surfaces of wings. Coronal tract also with sheaths. Primaries OK.-new? Apr. 4 Another bird this date. P.C. Molt very extensive on all crown feather tract - lower back only is relatively free of feathers with sheaths. Secondaries 7&8 have sheaths, coverts as well, both upper/under. Tertials have no sheaths. Central rectrices 2/3-3/4 grown, then upper coverts up/sheaths, many lower tail coverts + anal violet feathers coming in. Wt. 38.1 gm. Crown pattern 2, but with silver on rear of crown as in 5 A-C.-some brown between yellow+silver. ♂, L.tes. 2 x 1½ mm.
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Banks 1960 Zonotrichia atricapilla 2. Apr. 9 6 Ivy Drive, Orinda, Contra Costa Co., Calif. - Mouse-trapped by Don L. Church. Wt., 34.9 gm. Crown pattern 3, near max. Molt very extensive on crown. Infant of eyes, gold or yellowish extends laterally over its black stripe area, but stripe is fenced posteriorly. Fewer in sleath anteriorly. Feathers just behind fold coming in grayish, but a rear of crown occupy they are more brownish. All crown + facial sps have some sleath feathers. Right upper back ( to beginning of solid colored back feathers) all in sleath or apparently new. Relatively few lower back rump feathers in sleath. No sleaths on upper tail covert, no new rectrices. Most neutral feathers new or in sleath, very few old ones, sleath feathers more fully expanded posteriorly. Most of and cirlets + a few mission feathers in sleath. Flight Cuvul new (?) except a row on posterior and a ring distally. No secondaries in sleath, but upper greater second 7+8 have sleaths. Under sec. coverts 4 on have sleath. Sleaths on a few humeral feathers. Right. sec. t sps. as sec. cov. 9 both in sleath, only one of series; rest of many same as left. S, slight fat. Apr. 10 By R.C. Crown 5C, 40.4 gm. Beautiful plumage. Molt complete except for sleaths on 1/3 dist. internal feathers, and a few scattered breast feathers. Sleath still in left q. sec. cov. 8. No rectrices splaced apparently. Put up as 726. S, very fat. Apr. 11 coll. R.C. 33.4 gm. crown type 5. Anteriorly on crown many sleaths ready to burst, posteriorly many have burst. On occipital sps., some in sleath, some burst, many old. Anterior lach 1/2 mostly small pin feathers, mostly old feathers. Rump with some sleaths. Rectrices 1-1 over 3,
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Berks 1960 3. Zonotrichia atricapilla Apr. 11 6 Long Plume, Orinda, Contra Costa Co., Calif. (cont'd) grown, sheaths still in proximal 1/4 1". Very tiny sheathed foreast on rectrices 1. Rt. upper tail coverts 2,3,4,6 in sheath, 5 old. Left 2,3,6 in sheath, 4 & 5 old. Chin, throat, chest with many feathers in or just breaking sheath, coronas few grown, many old. Belly similar, flanks with more nearly grown feathers, still in sheath. A few on crissum in sheath, mostly old. Left wing: Sec. 7 with trace of sheath. 3 of middle sec. coverts just past sheath. Rt. wing: Sec. 7 with sheath, several mid. sec. covs. w/ sheath, many under sec. covs. w/ sheath. Covs with sheaths + old feathers. Q, slight fat. near Orinda Apr. 13 Bird caught by O.P. Pearson at his house, near Orinda. 3 birds thiolate - dead. Examined 13 Apr. Crown pattern 5 A-C All yellow feathers have sheaths at base, some still pin- feathers (most anterior). Less + less sheath moving rearward to over crown, on both white + black - occipital feathers brown (darker shafts) without sheaths. Vlecht ant. down mostly new, or with small sheaths yet. No sheaths on lower back - feathers look old. Central rectrices w/ sheaths, grown except for last 1/4 - 1/2 inch. No sheaths on upper tail coverts. About 1/3 frontal feathers in sheath but most 5 or more grown. Crown throat w/ sheaths only on most distal rows. No sheaths on crissum. Wing molt completed. Band dead in case - feathers case-num. WT. 25.25gm. J, tes. 2x1 mm. Very slight fat. Crown 5 [illegible]. Band 24-480326. Most of crown w/ sheath, more fully grown near occiput, all head in molt.
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Banks 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys atricapilla 4, Apr.13 near Ouida, Contra Costa Co., Calif. - Home of O.P. Pearson Sheaths on distal and posterior cranial area. Entire central with 5 or less grown feathers, few or more without soze trace of sheath. 3 rst. inner midl sec. cov. w/sheath,-1/2 grown. 3 minor sec. & greater covs. also w/sheath, in length of feather >>8>>9. Other wing some; lower coverts also w/sheath. Most of upper back + a little of lower with sheaths. Grown 54-C. Band 24-180327. Cage worn condition makes it difficult to tell if feathers old or new. On crown, sheaths only anterior to eyes, + these just broken. All facial tract, incl. supercilium, with sheaths. Ventral tract with sheaths anterior to only. Cranial w/sheaths posterior + distal - 1 aut. No sign that lack rectrices were molted. A few under sec. covs. w/sheath and rem's, or upper covs. Cannot tell if they have been replaced. Sheaths on dorsum only on aut. 1/3 , not on neck's feathers about 1/2 grown. Bird caught this AM by Pearson. Crown 54-C. Band 24-180328. Most yellow feathers in sheath, as are rest + neck, & more posterior now fully grown. No sheaths on rt. wing. On @ left, sec. 8 with sheath, 9 gone. No coverts in sheath. No sign of lack-rectrix change. Ventral central molt only anteriorly. Apr.12 6 Log Drive, Ouida, Contra Costa Co., Calif. - Head, tail, & wing of a bird. Central rectrices appear to have been replaced feathers No sheaths on any wing feathers, or remiges or coverts. Crown (5C) has sheaths on only a few feathers of aut. 1/3.
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Banks 1960 Zontrichia atricopla 5. Apr. 12 6 Ivy Drive, Orinda, Contra Costa Co., Calf. All other facial or head tracts are complete -- no sheaths. A couple sheaths internally. Apr. 15 near Orinda -- Pearson home -- one bird brought by O.P.P. Crown 5C. A very few crown feathers still in sheath -- these before eyes, in black stripes. Cheeks and behind eyes with sheaths, as are a few primaries. All these 3 or more grown. Central rectrices apparently not replaced. No sheaths on secondaries or covarts. Most ant. central feathers new, but many sheaths on feathers nearly full grown. -- throat same. Neck similar -- Mostly renewed plumage -- very near end of molt. Apr. 22 Ad., Crown 5C. A very few sheath remnants in internal region are only sign of molt. Central rectrices have apparently not been replaced. Oct. 16 Groveland Ranch Many of these birds, singing nearly, in small flocks around the edge of the meadow. The one I got was an ad. J with fully developed crown. It had a deformed hind toe, left foot. There was one breast feather in sheath -- but for practical purposes, there was no molt.
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Banks 1960 2. capensis captive 1. Aug. 3 Strawberry Canyon, Berkeley 3pm the leaf litter which had been pet shortly after 1pm had been disturbed. WT, 3.3gm. Down ca. & inch on back, humerus, forearm, crown, occiput, and entire leg join body. The bird gaped twice while I was holding it for weighing and examination, but not when I put it back into nest and tried to feed it. It resumed the egg position, with head laid under body. I put in a pan of leaf litter and as soon as I was (10ydo from cage) in position to watch, could see one bird scratching in it. It did not go to the nest. At 3:26, I went to hanging feeder, and saw seen to be holding something in her mouth. She flew to the next brush-pile, but did not go to nest. For over 1 min she sat (again) on feeder, nearest, flicking tail nervously, crown feathers semi-erect. Flew away. Back to feeder, same action, flew to brush but worked down to ground. 3:25, both birds in brush, one holding insect (?) in mouth. 3:26, short, one bird in view, suddenly other came from nest area to it, both to ground. 3:29 both birds at nest, one feeding young or at least put head in nest. Both flew away. 3:31 One bird scratching in leaf litter. Both hopped from ground to branches, one rubbed its bill on branch. At least one resumed foraging in litter. 3:38 Diver for several min. Both flew from top of cage to branches, one visited brush pile briefly. 3:40 One flew to logs pecked at mash. 3:47 I left for 5mi. 3:52 took new position 10yds. farther away, could see less of cage. Until 3:57, saw activity only once.
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Barks 1960 2. Aug 3, Stranberry Canyon, Bakers at 3:57, one bird, first seen in brush pile, worked up to nest. 4:00 one at nest and the other apparently on it. The former poked its head in several times; I could hardly see the back of the other. First we left, there was one still stayed there. 4:11 Dog walked past cage, but no activity from birds. Between 4:20 & 4:25, 8 cars & truck went by, but no disturbance. 4:27 Bird flew down from top of cage or screen, and the other left the nest. The latter flew to box of mash, then to ground and began to scratch litter. 4:31 Both at in brush, at bottom. 4:33 & in brush, worked up, gleaning from brush twice. 4:35 & to brush, to nest, appeared to feed & then settle on nest. Leaving about 1 min. At least 1 scratched until 4:40, without visiting nest. at 4:45 I put in more litter; & foraged it at once. I was picking from screen over nest, at 4:50, one visited nest. Lost track, at 5:05, & brooding, sat till 2 almost near nest. Egg not hatched. (Hatch by 7pm). Aug 4 One bird flew from nest area at my arrival at 8:30am. 8:33 I foraging on willows then at artificial food. & scratching in leaf litter. 8:37 both foraging on leaf litter. 8:40 & with something in mouth, visited brush pile, but not nest. 8:45 no visits to nest yet. 8:46 As I was at truck, preparing to enter cage, one bird visited nest. It stayed there. 8:54 a young Carpodacus landed on dec. controller outside cage. At once a Lazanis flew to learn alongside, appeared rather crouched. Linnet flew over top of cage, & bird inside 'chased' it from below, the length of the cage. 8:57 Shopping
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Banks 1960 2. Capensis captives 3. Aug 4, nervously about upper part of cage, then flew to ground & foraged in litter. 8:49 & left nest. I entered cage. First bird at 9:05 weighed 3.4gm. Marked those by claw middle chipping and tip of rt. foot. Second bird 2.4 gm. No noticeable difference in down. On both, slightly dark areas making papillae on forearm. 10:55 & was on nest, + remained there while I was in cage putting out grasshoppers. She stayed on all the time I was i, 11:08 both birds hopping about in cage when I was at truck. 1:15 pm. The grasshoppers were gone + most of the eggs, they take the yolk before the white. Put out more grasshoppers, + fed 3 pieces to the birds. As I wrote this, an adult visited food, then went toward nest. 3:05 Marked bird 4.4 gm. Black dots of papillae visible on entire tract, regular, few orl, numerous, clear, tract. Papillae of ventral tract not dark for visible. Unmarked 3.1gm. Dark papillae on dorsal, humeral, clear, scapular - not femoral. Not as marked dots, + fewer, than the bird. The food placed out was gone. I supplied more grasshoppers & eggs, and another tin of leaf litter. 5:15 Food gone once more. I fed both young; the older, fed first, immediately turned 180° and put out a fecal sac. Aug 5. 9:05 Most of the food put out at 7 was gone; egg whites + meat thorax remained. I fed one young; the other didn't seepe. Put out more food. 11:00 I was brooding, remained so the 5+ min. I was in cage. As soon as I left, I visited food I put out, went to nest. Went back to food, but not a second time nearest, as far as I could tell.
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Banks 1968 4. 2. capensis captive Aug 5 Bahaley 1:10 Ad, not on nest; fed both young. 3:00 Put out more food. Unmarked bird 5.1gm. Spots on alar tract merged with dark line. Spots on other tracts not definitive. Rectrix spots. Dist last part of ventral tract with slightly dark spot. Marked bird 6.1 gm. Spots of all tracts except femoral have merged into dark lines; show as definite feathers under skin on back and humeral tract. Anterior & lateral part of ventral tract shows dark papillae. Very active in hand. Both birds gaped when I moved the nest. Fed both after weighing. As soon as I was in truck, an ad. wanted the food. 5:05 Fed the little one - the other did not gape.
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June 7 Dean's Meadow, 8400 ft., Lassen Co., Calif.. As I went to bed last night, I heard coyotes in the distance. This morning at 10:15, I looked on the meadow and saw 2 coyotes. One was limping, holding its right front foot up. They walked casually to 3 miles of meadow, then returned to center + went E toward the lake. June N, June & Mahogany Peak, Lassen Co., Calif., 5000 ft. Flushed one animal about 5 p.m. It had apparently been resting in an area of rocks & logs. It trotted about 50 ft., turned and looked at me for a moment, then trotted off into the forest. June 9 Bogard Campground, 5600+ ft., Lassen Co., Calif. - Coyote started howling early tonight - at 8 p.m. Sun is barely down below horizon. At 8:30, still very light (light enough to write these notes) they howled again.
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Peromyscus maniculatus. June 9 Caught one mouse near some down logs. June 12 Sand Flat, 6800ft., Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. - In 5 traps caught 3 mice. Last night I saw one poke its head out of a rock cairn along the road. Caught two there, and one other a short way away. June 13 Had 2 traps in the tent to protect my supplies, + set the other 3 out, one near the road in rocks, one near a log, the other by an old stump. Within half an hour heard a snap, had a mouse by the road. This a.m., had one in my tent. It was in both traps. Apparently got tail + hind foot in one, and while trying to get away got into the other. The second smashed its skull. Saved the first (506); the other, in tent, weighed 19.2gm, measured 140-51-20-18. It had previously lost part of its tail. It was a male. June 20 N. Santiam River at Marion Creek, 2400ft., Linn Co., Oregon Set 2 traps on an old upturned stump with many large holes around its base. At 8:55pm (standard time), about 3h. after dark, caught a mouse (#227), and reset trap. At 9:20pm, had another in the same trap (#228). Shortly after I went to bed, I heard another snap (ca. 10:00pm) and in morning found a third mouse in the same trap. This one was another young ♀, 167-83-20-18 , 20.0gm. Also got a mouse about 12 ft. away in Acer at the base of D. Fri. This was a ♂, 163-79-21-17, 14.6gm. the second trap at the stump was not looked.
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Barks 1960 Odorileus June 10 Bogard Campground, 5600 +/- ft., Lassen Co. Calif. - On a drive around this end (W) of the flat, at the extreme W end there is a large green meadow. Here I saw a herd of 15 deer + there may have been more behind the trees. Later, on the logging road at the E side of the flat, saw a buck with antlers in velvet- at least 3 points on each side. He was with a doe.
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Banco 1960 848 Catalog 10. October 22 Isla Espiritu Santo, S end, Baja California de Sur, Mexico 848. Cremiphorus maxima 849. ' , ' 850. ' , ' 851. ♀ Lendrocopus scalaris ♂ 36.0gm. molt shell part off. 852. ♀ Myiarchus cinerascens ad sk. Grammus verticalis 31.9gm. mod fat. no molt 853. ♂ Polioptila caerulea 5.4gm. imm sk. molting. October 25 Ende Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif, Mexico 854. ? Amphispiza bilineata skellnc. osr. 12.6gm. no molt. 855. ♀ Clis carinalis 13.7fm. Teo. 1mm. 856. ♀ Richmondena cardinalis Ad. 35.8gm. molt 857 ♂ ' , ' Ad. 36.4 ' , ' 858 ♂ Myiarchus cinerascens cd 28.9 gm. 859 ♀ ' , ' ' , ' ad 30.6gm. molting 860. ♀ Richmondena cardinalis 39.4gm. ' , ' no molt. 861. ? Peromyscus eremius 198-101-19-18 21.1gm. Teo.5mm. 862. ♂ ' , ' ' , ' 186-93-20-19 19.3 gm. tes.5mm. 193-101- 863. ♀ ' , ' ' , ' pick up 19-19-20.7gm. Teo. 6mm. Trag.4mm 864. ♂ Pipistrellus hesperis 3,1gm. 63-27-6-9 865. ? Bulo virginianus inc,shel. pick up 866. ♀ Peromyscus eremius 202-112-21-19 too.7mm. 21.6gm. Oct. 26 867. ♂ Peromyscus eremius 190-98-20-19 20.9gm. 868 ♂ Salpinctes obsolitus 15.1gm ad. tes. small. 869 ♂ Amphispiza bilineata ger. 870 ? Mimus polyglottos 51.1gm. gonads shot adl.
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Banks 1960 Catalog E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico Oct. 26 871. ♀ Dendrocoptes scalaris shell fly dorsal molt. 29.9gm. 872 ♂ Centurus nopygialis 64.7gm. tes. 1mm. sh. oss. 873, ♂ Zenaida asiatica tes. 2mm. 172 gm. 874. Cnemidophorus ceralvensis 875. Sata grandaeus 876. 877. 878. ♀ Zenaida asiatica 158gm. ova small. scorp acct. Oct. 27 879 ♂ Perognathus arenarius 168-94-21-9 15.3gm. 880 ♂ Peromyscus eremicus 188-96-19-18 19.7gm. 881. ♀ " " 185-96-20-17 15.3gm. wound. 882. ♂ " " 195-104-19-18 22.2gm. tes. 6mm. 883 ♂ Lanius ludovicianus Ad. tes. 1mm. molting. 884, ♂ Minius polyglottos Ad tes. 1mm. 51.7gm. 885. ♀ Calypte costae imm. 3.8gm very fat 886. ♂ Amphispiza bilineata imm sh. 12.2gm. 887, ♂ Columbizzallia passerina 40.9 gm. crop full. Oct. 28 888 ♀ Peromyscus eremicus 201-96-19-20 20.9gm. 889 ♀ Polioptila caerulea 5.4gm. Ad. 890. ♂? Porzana carolina skel. pick-up 891. ♂ Chlorina chlorina 30.3gm. no fat Ad, very little molt 892. ♂ Peromyscus eremicus 202-108-19-20 22.4gm. tes. 6mm. 893 ♂ " " 197-102-20-18 20.0gm. tes. 6mm. 894. ♀ .! " 208-115-20-18 19.6 gm. tes. 5mm.
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Banks 1960 Catalog 12. Enide Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Oct. 29 895 ♂ Anigamas flavigeps 6.6gm. sonab shot, Ad. sk. 896 ♂ Calypte costae 2.7gm. no fat [skull in] 897. ♂ Xant humminbird 3.4gm. " " tes. 2mm 898. ♀ Melospiza lincolni 16.4gm. inn. 899. ♂ Falco sparverius 84.2gm. stom. contents insects. 900. ♂ Myiarchus cinerascens 29.1gm. ad. see sep. act. 901. Ctenosoma hemilopha 902. Carnivore scat Oct. 30 903. ♂ Perognathus 171-93-22-8 11.9gm. no ent. 904. ♀ Peromyscus 205-1/2-20-20-23.3gm.
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Banks 1960 Journal 27. Oct. 19-20 San Francisco, Calif., to La Paz, Baja Calif., Mexico - Robert G. Grippen and I left the Bay area, via P5A, at 8:15 p.m., arriving at San Diego just under 2 hours later. Bob called George Lindsay, Director of the San Diego Museum, who boarded us overnight and drove us to the Tijuana airport on the morning of the 20th. It was a beautiful warm sunny day, but later a haze over the Gulf blocked some scenery. We left Tijuana at 10:30 a.m., stopped at Ensenada, Santa Rosalia, & Loreto, arrived La Paz on time it's about 5:10 p.m. Are staying tonight at the
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Bonds 1960 Journal 28. Oct.20 San Francisco Gulf to La Paz, Baja Calif, Mexico. The only birds of note were Turkey Vulture + Raven. Our stops were very brief, and a strong N wind was blowing all day. Had noon after settling in La Paz. Oct.21 La Paz, Baja California, Mexico - 7:00am setting. Will spend today getting supplies. Early saw Turkey Vulture, Man-o-War Bird, Brown Pelican, Cormorants, and heard Zonotrichia leucophrys and Mockingbird. Later in the saw Tyrannus sp. Spent the day getting lined up for the trip to Cerralvo. Went to the home of Richard Aldrich, who operates LST's for skin-diving. He will take us out. While with him, got word of an impending storm, potentially a
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29. 20d La Paz Bay -- at La Gavota Island in La Paz Bay. This is a Man-o-War Bird nesting site but of course nothing there now. The rocks, sq on the W side, are covered with guano. There are good sized cacti and some other vegetation on the ridge's east side. There was no sign of nests, but occasional skeletal elements, of both birds & fish. Landbirds were scarce -- Anna Hummingbird and House Finch were all I saw. Around the island, and on the way back, saw: Blue Fisted Booby, Turkey Vulture, Brown Pelican, and Man-o-War Bird, Western Gull, Great Blue Heron, Snowy? Egret, Double- crested Cormorant, and 2 kinds of Tern. After an hour or so here, went to the S end of Espiritu Santo Island, Baja Calif, Mexico. Bob & I landed here at 11:30, to be picked up by the other boat sometime later. The beach at the S end of this island opens onto a broad plain which rises gradually to a low ridge. At this ridge one sees another, narrower, valley at rt angles, going to the shore to mangrove swamp at one way, back into the mountains the other. The first plain is covered with sparse, open vegetation, seldom over waist high except for the tall cacti. The ground is rocky, red rocks on land, black rocks on the beach. Walking thru the plain, we flushed several of the Black Jack-Rabbits. Lizards were abundant. There were few birds -- exactly
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Banks 1960 Journal 30. Oct. 22 Espiritu Santo Island, S end, Baja Calif., Mexico. The murky time of day. We walked up the plain to the ridge, turned left down the draw toward the beach. Reached the water of this little bay, which was lined on both sides with mangroves. The S side of this valley was extremely rocky and rough walking. I worked down nearly to the beach, then turned S, up the hill. On the top saw more birds than any previous stop. The side of this valley has several "caves", overhanging ledges, which I searched for lizards. Walked back over the ridge to the beach. Bob had seen the boat which was supposed to meet us—it was broken down. We got a fisherman to row us to it. Here we were anchored by a cliff, which showed well the nature of the island. It was alternate layers of sandstone & conglomerate, the latter with quite large inclusions. The caves mentioned earlier were caused by the softer parts of the sandstone eroding out. Arrived back in La Paz about 7:30 pm. After dark the clouds left, and we could see the stars. We found out that the hurricane is in the Gulf, heading due N. This pretty well cancels any trip to Cerralvo, at least for 2 days. Birds seen on Espiritu Santo: Osprey, Red-Tailed Hawk, Mockingbird, Rock Wren, Blue-gray Grackle, Black-throated Sparrow, Verdin, Ground Dove, Green Heron (in mangrove), Ladole-backed Wood- pewee, Western Kingbird, Belted Kingfisher (heard near
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Banda 1966 Journal 31. Oct. 22 S. and Espiritu Santo Island, Baja Calif., Mexico mangroves), White-crested Sparrow (Z. l. orientalis) Loggerhead shrike, also saw the Ground Squirrel and numerous Wood Rat houses. Collected Kingbird, Grackle, + Woodpecker, +3 Lizards. The grackles and verdins were the most common species, Waros + mockingbirds + black-throated Sparrows next. Oct. 23 La Paz, Baja Calif., Mexico — Dick Adeoch met us while we were eating breakfast; the storm has gone inland and broken up, but since he had prior commitments we will go to Cerralvo tomorrow. Spent a good part of the day putting up the stuff I set yesterday. Bob’s rabbit took the most time. In the afternoon met Richard Ethridge, Ph.D from Mich., on second post-doctoral year at USC with Savage. He has done lots collecting on Cerro Alto and is going this trip to the Sierra to the Cape. He is working on Iguanid systematics via skeletal approach — similar to some of Bob’s thoughts. He put Scaphiopus couchii + Perognathus on Cerralvo. Today was less cloudy than the past few days. Oct. 24 Dawned bright & clear. We were supposed to leave for Cerralvo at 8 ±, but didn’t finally set away till after 11 a.m. The entire day was spent in the trip. We didn’t land on the island until almost dark. Approached the island from the N + W, then went down the east side about 2/3 of the length of the island, returned & went ashore about 1/3 down from the N
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Bards 1960 32 Journal Oct. 24 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif, Mexico end. My impression of the island on approach was that it is exceedingly barren and steep. The E side, hovever, is much more shaded, and much more vegetated. It is very steep in places, but a few canyons offer fairly broad approaches to the higher country. It's such an anroyo that we camped in. Set our gear on shore at dusk, carried it up into the gorge + made camp after dark. I set out 15 museum special + 2 rat trap near camp. Oct. 25. Arose before dawn, checked traps. Had 8 Peromyscus. Buried them in the
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Banjo 1960 Journal 33. Oct.25 E Side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico Verdin Rock Wren Mockingbird Ash Throated Flycatcher White-Winged Dove (?) Ground Dove Epidornax sp. Hummingbird sp. Broke picked up a skeleton of a [Buted?] and found antler shel. (nail?) which I'll get tomorrow. Oct.26 Had 1 more Peromyscus when I checked traps at dawn. Worked up the arroyo again, got a long way farther up than yesterday. In patches along the arroyo the vegetation is rather thick, forming woodland-type formation, principally Bursera (spelling?) and Pachycormus. There are several plants in flower, used by bees & humming- birds. Several places along the arroyo the ground looks damp, but we haven't found any open water. In late afternoon set all traps in a large arroyo to the S off the main one. Bird sees: Raven Brown Pelican Osprey Black Throated Sparrow Turkey Vulture White-Crowned Sparrow Sparrow Hawk Blue Gray Gnatcatcher Red-Tailed Hawk Gila Woodpecker Ash-Throated Flycatcher Cactus Woodpecker Mockingbird Rock Wren Loggerhead Shrike Ground Dove White-Winged Dove
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Banks 1960 Journal 34 Oct.27 & mile Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Up early to check the traps. Had 6 Peromyscus, 1 Baugnathus, lost 1 trap, the string broke + the trap gone. Spent most of the day in camp shrimping. Re-set the traps in late afternoon, moved 5 rat traps to a ridge just N of camp. Bob brought in a Costa Hummingbird. also, Bob found water, several puddles, in the N fork of the arroyo, beyond where I had been yesterday, and collected Bufo punctatus ad. + tadpoles. Birds seen today: Turkey Vulture Blue Gray Catatka Raven Sparrow Hawk Rock Wren Mockingbird Loggerhead Shrike Ground Dove White-Winged Dove Brown Pelican Black-Throated Sparrow Silva Woodpecker Western Gull After dark walked along the beach for a ways, then hunted up the canyon for an hour. It was much too bright moonlight (5 moon) and too windy. Thought I heard a horned owl way off, but not sure. Today was very calm, the breeze down the arroyo not starting til dark. Yesterday this happened too, but also all day the wind blew up the canyon. Oct.28 Accidentally slept late, till 6:15, this morning. Checked the traps, both lines, immediately. In the 5 rat traps I had 4 Peromyscus, 2 chewed badly, in the other line had 2 " . Put up 1, + stuff left from yesterday,
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Baja 1960 Journal 35 Oct. 28 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico +stuff (bird) shot this am. In afternoon, I hiked up to the ridge. I went by turning up the first branch arroyo to the N, off our main arroyo, then staying on the N bank of it, following along the east for a ways until the ridge turned inland, and following it to the top. Followed goat trails a good part of the way. About halfway up, saw shot a bear-tailed towhee. The ridge behind our camp arroyo turns out to be the backbone of the island. From it I could see both sides of the island, and looking W could see the peninsula forming the bay of La Paz, the Bay, and the mainland of the peninsula of Baja Calif., all N of La Paz. Came back down a very steep, rough, rocky branch of our main arroyo. The round trip took about 3 1/2 hrs. In a couple places on the way up, the Bursera and Cardon form patches of 'woodland' - tall plants openly spaced, with grass-like vegetation on the ground. On the ridges there are mainly cactus, and smaller Bursera. A fairly common, but not abundant, plant high as well as low, as in camp, is a nightshade Solanum. High on the slopes Fig; Ficus, is abundant in small plants. The very top of the ridge is fairly flat and level for 50 yds. or so with very little growth except for a grass-like plant [illegible]. Apparently the goats spend most of their time here - it is heavily grazed. There is not much
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Banks 1960 Journal 36. Oct. 28 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico of a high point to the N, but not very far's a peak extends up pretty high. Directly opposite our arroyo there is a similar one. It too appears to be well vegetated, with many side arroyos. In all regards it does not seem to be much different from ours, except it is perhaps more extensive, and the ridge may be more accessible. Bib reached the ridge independently a few hours before I did, by another route. We both estimated the elevation on the ridge, directly behind our arroyo, to be 1500 ft., but that's only a guess. On my return to camp, took a dip in the ocean, & after supper put up the tombee. Set a mouse trap near our food supply, & put one mouse caught there. Until the time of this writing, have caught 7 mice in that trap (Peromyscus, q.v.) Set 3 other traps near camp, but that's all I have out tonight. Today was warm, not very muggy. Birds: Raven Sparrow Hawk Turkey Vulture Red Tailed Hawk Brown Pelican Black Throated Sparrow Snowy Egret (one flew past; seen from high point dog shack) Woodruffbird Ash-Throated Flycatcher Vermi Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ground Dove White Winged Dove Loggerhead Shrike Osprey Snowy Egret
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Banks 1960 Journal 37. Oct.29 Enidela Cenalvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Went up the main arroyo this morning, taking the right branch near the top where Bob found water & a trail. This part of the canyon is very steep and rocky. For about 50 yds. there is a small running stream, with several puddles of a couple square feet each, and a couple inches deep. [See Gipper's notes also for description]. There is algae in many of the puddles. I saw several tadpoles and 1 newly metamorphosed frog. In this area Ground Lizards were abundant, and I & Tee took 2 hummingbirds & a Lincoln Sparrow. Formica Ctenosaurus carrying a large, still living, dragon-fly. In the evening set traps on the hill immediately N of camp, that is, along the bluff facing the gulf. At about 6:30 started trapping in camp, at our food shelf, for Lomysens. Last night we got ten here; so far tonight (9:30 now) we have 6 more. Today was very windy all day, rather cloudy early. Tonight is clear as can be, as all nights here have been. Oct.30 Got up at 4:30, spent about 1 1/2 hr. before daylight looking for owls, Vo luck. Shot a feral house cat. While checking traps, saw a Great Blue Heron fly past the mouth of the arroyo. Had 1 Peroognathus, 5 Lomysens. Dick Adcock came forms at 7:30, earlier than me had figured. We left the island about 9am; arrived in La Paz well before 3pm. Spent the rest of the day getting our gear squared away for the return.
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Babs 1960 Journal 38 La Paz, Baja Calif., Mexico to Berkeley, Calif., USA. Oct. 31 trip. On the 31st, left La Paz airport at 7:30 am, arrived in Tijuana about 2 pm, got to San Diego about 3, left there at 6:15 and arrived San Francisco about 8:10, Berkeley about 9pm.
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Banks 1960 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Oct.22 Isla La Garista, La Paz Bay, Baja Calif., Mexico - a flock of 38 resting on shores on water. Oct.25 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Seen throughout the day, over both land and water. Oct.26 Chillo Oct.27 " Oct.28 " Oct.29 ","
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Banks 1960 Fregata magnificens Oct. 21 La Paz, Baja California, Mexico - Saw a Band a & soaring over the bay between 7 and 7:30 a.m. Later in the day, more seen - immature's also. Oct 25 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Sear all day soaring over the island or the water. One (?) made several dives at some sharks playing near the surface a couple hundred yards offshore.
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Banks 1960 Cathartes aura Oct. 20 Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico - In 20 minutes here, saw several vultures flying (soaring) N & S, right along the shore line, apparently using currents setup by the junction of land & water. They were not very high. La Paz, Baja California, Mexico - About 6 p.m., several seen over the waterfront, by Col. Read's apartment. Oct. 21 at 7.30 Saw 10 rising over the hills to the N of the city. Two were sitting on a lamppost by water's edge, and a third flew in and landed about 50 ft. from the base of the pole, began feeding on what was left of a dead dog at the edge of the water. Oct. 25 Inside Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - several seen, off & on all day, soaring around. Oct. 26 ditto Oct. 27 " One seen sitting on a cordon Oct. 28 Shortly afternoon, 10 were circling over the arroyo & just to the north. Late in the afternoon 17 were circling north of our canon. Oct. 29 A bird flying directly over camp was seen to stretch his right leg forward and scratch his throat or head.
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Buteo borealis jamaicensis 1960 Oct. 26 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif. Mexicos - In the morning saw one circling high over the upper reaches of our camp arroyo. Later in the day the species was seen several times nearer the coast, once being chased by a spanow hawk. Oct. 28 At least 2 individuals seen today, one normal appearing one and one very dark phase bird. Oct. 29 Heard one calling near the head of the arroyo in the morning. Shortly after noon, saw Ravens attacking the dark phase bird. There were 2 ravens, but only one was involved in the actual harrying, which lasted for several minutes. The raven usually stayed above the hawk, made repeated attacks, & sometimes the birds brushed wing tips, all to that seemed to be as close as they got. The hawk soared on, occasionally beating its wings as if either to get away or to strike back. The raven heard was croaking every time it dived at the hawk. The other raven didn't attack, but followed along a good distance away. Nearby vultures didn't seem at all concerned, & were not attacked.
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Banks 1960 Osprey Oct. 26 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Twice observed today, flying along the shore. Oct. 28 One flew past the mouth of an arroyo this morning. Oct. 29 Seen early this morning, once.
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Banks 1960 Falco sparverius Oct.25 Enide Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - One flew over the arroyo above camp early in the morning, giving the characteristic call. It looked large. Held one (ornise) several times during the day. Oct.26 A pair were very noisy over a large area just N of the arroyo nearly all day. They were seen to chase larger birds of prey; One flew after a red- tailed hawk. Late in pm., saw one sitting on a "cordon" on the S side of the arroyo. It had a spotted breast. Oct.27 Seen often today, but not as conspicuous as yesterday. Oct.28 Seen several times. There may be another falcon here also. Oct.29 A male collected this morning had a stomach full of insect parts.
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Banks 1960 Porzana carolina Oct. 28 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico, - Found this carcass 2 days ago, picked it up today as RPB 890. It was in our camp arroyo, about 100 yds from the water. The skull was clean, but the flight feathers were still attached to the wing; the body was fairly intact with most of the dorsal feathers present. One leg was attached to the body, the other was loose or by itself.
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Banks 1960 Larus occidentalis Western Gull Oct. 27 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - One seen today flying along shore. Saw several on the way to the island, and I guess I saw them the last couple days here also, but am not sure.
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Banks 1960 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Oct. 26 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Seen several times in the morning, up to 3 at a time. Two collected, both at long range. 873 had small (2mm) testes, the left one black, the right one white. The second bird was a ?. The crop contained about 60 seeds, weighing nearly 6.5gm., some of which were saved for identification. Oct. 27 Saw 3 together early in morning. Several seen later. Oct. 29. Seen, commonly.
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Banks 1960 Ground Dove Columbina passerina Oct.25 Enicte Isla Cerralbo, Baja Calif., Mexico - I saw one flying, and Bob Grippen reported seeing one. Oct.26 Saw several today, always 2 at a time, at least not far apart in distance or time. Oct.27 Seen several times today, in pairs. In late afternoon flushed pair from a tree with hanging pods of seeds; collected one of them. Well after dark flushed some from a large tree. Oct.28 Several seen today, both on the ground and in trees. Oct.29 at least 6 together near the spring.
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Banks 1960 Xantus Hummingbird Oct. 24 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico. I have seen this species previously in the week, but until I collected one today was doubtful of recording it. The species was fairly abundant in the upper reaches of the arroyos. Here I observed 2 chasing each other back and forth, beyond where the spring is. They were feeding at a blue flower.
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Baja 1968 Calpte costae Oct.27 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Caly., Mexico. - For the last 2 days have seen hummingers, but could not name them. Today Bob shot a Costa H., which did not have all the blue on crown + throat. It had great layers of subcutaneous fat [illegible]. The skull was ossified only occipitally. Oct.29 Took one bird today, in plumage similar to the one mentioned before. This one, however, weighed over 1 gram less and had no fat.
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Baho 1960 Centaurus nigrigularis Oct.26 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mex. - Shot one from a cardon in the morning, the first one seen. In the afternoon saw 2 together on a cardon. Oct.27 Several seen or heard, mostly on Cardons. Oct.28 Seen. Oct.29 Several observed.
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Banks 1960 Eudrocops seclaris Isla Oct 22 Espiritu Santo S end, Baja California de Sur, Mexico - Heard 2 of these birds in the plain near the beach on the S end of the island, but didn't see them. Later, on the ridge & of the Mangroves (see journal) saw one at a hole in a cactus. There were 2, perhaps 3, in this area. Collected 1, a 8 with skull ossified only in occipital region. It was nearly finished with molt, but sheaths bordered the wide ventral apterium and were abundant on rear crown + neck. Oct 25 E side Isla Cerralvos Baja Calif. Mexico - One seen near camp early, several others heard for seen during my morning hunt. Oct 26 One collected in morning. It was molting on the body + crown. The skull was fully 2-layer, the ovary small. Oct 28 Seen & Heard as I was on my way to the ridge. Oct 29 Heard today.
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Barbo 1960 Myiarchus cinerascens Oct. 22 Isla Espiritu Santo, [illegible] Side, Baja Calif. Snn, Mexico - One seen and collected. Oct. 25 [illegible] side, Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif, Mexico - a very common and noisy bird. Two collected were in body molt. Oct. 26 Several seen and heard, but not noticed as much as yesterday. Oct. 28 Several seen today. Oct. 29 Observed one of these birds repeating an action seen a couple days ago fruit eating. The bird was ([illegible]) in a couple kinds of trees, one a Bursera. It would fly up under a group of fruits (fleshy water a large hardseed) and hover picking at the fruits, then land again. A bird today did this repeatedly. I could not tell if it was after the fruit or insects, but it looked like the former. This bird was shot (BCB 900) and fruits were found in its stomach. The stomach contained very little identifiable as insect material; 2 large seeds were saved for identification later. Shortly after this bird was shot, two others were seen in the immediate vicinity. One of these was repeatedly attacking the other, and eventually drove it away.
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Banks 1960 Raven Corvus corax Oct. 25 E side Isla Cenzho, Baja Calif., Mexico - seen throughout day, 1 or 2 at a time. As I entered camp about 9:15 am, 2 were sitting on a ledge above camp. Oct. 26 Seen throughout the day. Oct. 27 ditto. Oct. 28 ditto. Oct. 29 Two seen attacking Red-tailed Hawk. See that account.
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Banks 1960 Verdin Quipano flaviceps Oct.22 Isla Espiritu Santo, Sand, Baja Caljf Ssn, Mexico - A common species, quite a few seen. One collected. Oct.25 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - A fairly abundant bird, seen singly, but often near Blue- grey Gnatcatchers. Oct.28 One seen as I was going to the ridge. Oct.29. Collected an adult, unsexable.
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Banks 1960 Rock-Wren Salpinctes obsoletus Oct.25 Inside Isla Cerralvo, Baja California, Mexico - Several heard, but only one seen in the morning. Oct.26 Collected a ad J with small testes, it was on a rock in the arroyo, rather far up. Oct.27 Several heard. Oct.28 At least 2 seen fairly close together in the first, very rocky, arroyo to the N of the main one. Several others heard. Oct.29 Seen & heard.
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Barb 1960 Mourningbird Mimus polyglottos Oct.25 E side Isla Coronado, Baja Calif., Mexico - Several of this species heard singing on the slopes of the main draw in which we are camped, but farther up. One seen. Oct.26 Seen commonly today, and heard singing. Once I saw what looked like a territorial squabble. One adult shot, could not be sexed. Oct.27 Early in morning collected a bird which turned out to be a 3. This is one of the most common birds here. Oct.28 Several seen + heard singing today. Oct.29
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Baja 1960 Polioptila caerulea Oct. 22 Isla Espiritu Santo, S end, Baja California de Sur, Mexico - This species was one of the more common on the island. The one I collected was an immature, molting rather badly. The 4 central rectrices were nearly full grown, but fell out while I was working. Oct.25 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif, Mexico - Several seen this morning. Fairly common. Oct.26 Several heard. Oct.27 little Oct.28 One collected in the morning was an adult ♀. Seen several times during the day. Oct.29 Several seen heard in morning.
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Baha 1960 Lanius ludovicianus. Oct 26 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif, Mexico - Saw twice today, morning and afternoon, possibly the same individual. Oct 27 In morning shot one near where I had seen the species yesterday. It was a male, molting heavily dorsally, with small testes. Oct 28 In the rocky arroyo to the N from casas, one landed in a tree under which were several small birds feeding.
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Richmondia cardinalis Oct. 25 & Side Isla Ciencho, Baja California, Mexico. - First spotted a ♀ of this species a fair distance away in a fairly dense bush about 8 ft. tall. Shot her with a no. 9. While I was standing near that bush some 5 minutes later, a ♂ came in and landed within a loud chirp close to me. Bob Crupper also shot a ♀, and a ♂ was associated with it. This bird (the ♂, my no. 860) had an ossified window anteriorly in the skull, so I judge it to be miniature. Both mine were adult. All three birds were molting, my ♂ replacing primaries.
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Bands 1960 Chlorura chlorura Oct. 28 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Took the only bird seen, rather high (700ft.) on the slope. It was associated with a flock of Black-throated Sparrows.
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Balds 1960 Amphispyra lilicata Oct. 25 Eside Isla Ceralro, Baja Calif., Mexico - Very duneast, ranking with the Snatotle + A.T. Flycatcher, probably more than latter. Seen to be always in pairs (at least in 2's). Two birds collected but one in such bad shape I discarded it. Skull oss pattern - 2... @1st. Oct. 26 Heard several of these birds. Collected one in juvinal plumage. Its skull was ossified (2-lags) occipitally only. Oct. 27 In late afternoon found a group of at least 4 of these birds. Shot me Oct. 28 Seen in groups of 2 to 6 or more. This is probably the most common bird here, but is not particularly conspicuous. Oct. 29. Seen commonly again.
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Banks 1960 Zonotrichia leucophrys Oct.22 Isla Espiritu Santo, Sand, Baja Calif, Mexico. One seen, an adult of the oriotha type. Oct.26 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif, Mexico - one seen, an immature-plumaged bird.
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Bache 1960 Melozya lincolnii Oct. 29 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Saw and shot a single bird in some brush near the water at the head of the canyon.
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Barbe 1960 Pipistrellus Oct 24 E side Isla Cerrallos, Baja Calif., Mexico - Bats were flying when we reached the island, and were quite numerous over the arroyo in which we camped. Oct 25 Flying at dusk in the morning, and again at dawn. The arroyo has several
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Perognathus arenarius Oct.24 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mex. - As we were carrying our gear up from the water line to camp, saw a mouse thought to be a Perognathus. Oct.26 One seen walking + hopping under a dead fallen "tree" or brush pile about 8:30 p.m., in an area where I had caught only Peromyscus for 2 nights, near camp. Oct.27 In a trapline through a brushy hillside with open spaces, caught one pocket mouse, a male. Oct.29 Set 3 traps near camp last night, where I had seen a mouse, but no success. This evening soon after dark caught one small mouse live.
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Bald 1960 Peromyscus eremicus Oct. 25 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - In 15 mus. special + 2 rat traps set in the dark last night, baited with walnut, caught 8 deer mice. In the evening, just after dark, got one more. Left traps out, reset but not Oct. 26 rebaited, and had another in the morning. That is a total of 10, of which 6 were put up by copper out. The area of the traps was the arroyo near camp, about 25 x 50 yds. Traps were set on the perimeter of this area only, on rocky ledges or near rocks with burrows (holes) nearby. Oct. 27. In a line of 35 traps on a bushy hillside, netting the stream bed at both ends, caught 6 Peromyscus. Putting up 3. One had a large (@ 25mm long) larva of a botfly on its side - the mouse weighed 20.3 gm. As I write these notes, a mouse is running around our food supply. Oct. 28 In this same line had only 2 mice. In 5 rat traps on the ridge facing the sea, had 4. Two of these were badly chewed up, one probably by a raven or vulture. In the evening, set 1 trap near our supplies. So far, in a little over two hours, have caught 2 mice - 4♂♀, 2 @♀♀, 1♂, 1♀. 5 minutes later, got another ♂, and 2 or 3 minutes later again a mouse sprung the trap but escaped. Within 2 minutes, had another ♀. After 10 mice in 1 spot in about 3 hrs, left the trap un-set.
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Banks 1960 Peromyscus eremicus 2. Oct. 29 E side Isla Cerralvo, Baja Calif., Mexico - Caught another 6 mice in the same trap during the evening.
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Banks 1961 Catalog March 29, 1961 909 Tuler Park, El Cerrito, Contra Costa Co. Calif. med fat. 909 ♂ Calypte anna 4.0 gm. skull unclassified allino- April 9, 1961 4 mi. S Quartzsite, on st. 95, Yuma Co., Arizona 910 ♂ Salvadora hexilipes April 23, 1961 Old Creek, Cayucos, 50 ft. San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. 911 ♀ Zonotrichia leucophrys 26.4 gm. broad path, closed 912 ♂ " " 26.9 gm. tes. 10 mm. putlance 4½ mi. W, 1¼ mi. N Cayucos, 150 ft. San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. 913 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 29.1 gm. tes. 11 mm. slight fat 914 ♂ " " 29.7 gm. tes. 11 mm. snigsig. 915 ♂ " " 29.9 gm. one tests, 916 ♀ " " 28.1 gm. broad path. 917 ♂ " " 24.5 gm. " " 918 ♂ " " 27.4 gm. tes. 11 mm. 919 ♂ " " 27.6 gm. tes. 11 mm. 920 ♂ " " 25.8 gm. tes. 10 mm. 921 ♂ " " 26.8 gm. tes. 9 mm. 4½ mi. W, 1½ mi. N Cayucos, 200 ft. San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. 3 922 ♀ " " 20.0 gm. very thin mothwood to varying pitch San Francisco, San Francisco Co. Calif. Apr. 20, 1961 923 ♂ Zonotrichia leucophrys 27.1 gm. tes. 9 mm. Apr. 19, 1961 924 ♂ " " very fat 26.4 gm. tes. 3 mm.
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Bark 1961 Catalog 2 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., Calif. Apr. 24, 1961 925 ♂ Zontrichia leophrays over 3 mm. broad patch 27.0 gm. 926 ♂ " to. 10 mm. 25.0 gm. Apr. 27, 1961 emaciated. 927 ♂ ', to. 8 mm. 24.5 gm. Apr. 28, 1961 928 ♂ " to. 7 mm. 27.7 gm.
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Berkeley 1961 Journal Left Berkeley, Calif., about 8:30 a.m. on April # 5 for annual meeting of Cooper Ornithological Society in Tucson, Ariz. Ned K. Johnson, John Ralph and I were the only Berkeley students going. Drove to a point east of Blythe, Calif., the first day, camped along the road. Arrived Tucson about 3 p.m. on Friday, Apr. # Apr. 7 12 mi S Florence, Pinal Co., Ariz. Stopped here on the way to Tucson, walked for about an hour (12:30-1:30 pm) in the desert. The plants of the area were mesquite, cholla, barrel cactus, etc. Very flat land with a number of washes not over 3 ft. deep. Birds seen were: Phainopepla Ash Throated Flycatcher Desert Sparrow Linnet Flicker sp. Harris Hawk Sandel Snail Red Tailed Hawk Morning Dove Ladder Backed Woodpecker Carthus Whew Turkey Vulture John and Ned added to the list: Gila Woodpecker, Verdin, and a few other species. Saw Antelope(?) Ground Squirrel and Cottontail, and Cremidophorus. There was sign of badger and deer, to say nothing of Dipodomys + other small rodents. Also along the road from Florence to Tucson, saw Prairie Falcon, perhaps White-necked Raven.
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Banks 1961 Journal 2. In Tucson, we saw a variety of birds, altho we didn't have much time to watch especially... Cardinal, Roadrunner, Irea Dove, Morning Dove, English Sparrow, the latter three most common, were among the ones seen. Writing this later I don't recall other species. On the way back to Apr. 9 Berkeley we picked up a snake, Salvadora heliopes 4 mi. S Martinez on st. 95 , Yuma & Ariz. For more on this, see species acct. At dusk we stopped at a spot 11 mi N Blythe, Calif, where I shot a Heliarchus cineraceus for Ned. We hunted owls here with no success. Saw Lee, Nighthawk, Per-will, heard Great Horned and Barn Owls, perhaps also Screech Owls. Although it had been a hot day, it turned cold soon after dark, and we saw no snakes on the road. Drove all night with an trouble while we had to get fixed at Bakersfield! Arrived in Berkeley late afternoon Apr. 10. Apr. 22 San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, Calif. Drove this day south on 101, turning west over the hills to the coast and to Morro Bay. It was dark or nearly so when I arrived, too late for anything. Slept in camp area of Morro Bay State Park. Apr. 23 Old Creek, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. - Most of the land from Morro Bay northward to Cambria is not suitable for White-crowns. The country is heavily pastured, and nearly all brush is gone. The coast
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Banks 1961 Journal 3 Apr.23 Old Creek, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. itself, I should say the shore, is inaccessible. Heard birds occasionally along this road (Rt. 1) but no place where I could shoot. Here at the S end of Cayucos, in a "trench" left on E side of road led, near cemetery there is considerable brush and nearly a piece of bushy pasture. Birds seen here: Redwing, Amer. Goldfinch, Calif. Wail, Linnet, Spotted Towhee, White-Crowned Sparrows, W.Weedseal, Morning Dove, Brewer Blackbird, Brown Towhee, Cliff Swallow, Killees, Anna Hummingbird, and Sparrow Hawk. Took 2 white-crowns here. 5 mi. (by rd.) N Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. White- and Golden-crowned Sparrows along road here; migrants apparently mixed with a pair of breeding White-crowns. Took one bird (922 - locality catalog taken from map) which was not breeding. 4 & mi N, 1/2mi N Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., 150ft., Calif. Spent 2 hours here, collecting White-crowns. This area is a narrow strip of coastal scrub, rather dense, about thigh high. Other than White-crowns, saw: Sawana Sparrow, & Goldenege, Linnet, Allen Hummer, Amer.Scate, Redwing, Crowet, Amer.Goldfinch, and Western Gabe. Santa Barbara Co., Calif. Nothing but disappoint- moment at this end of the trip. The military has the coast tied up from Pt. Sal, to Pt. Concepcion, with rocket & coastal missile bases, etc. One cannot
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Banks 1961 Journal Apr.23 Santa Barbara Co., Calif. got anywhere near where the poisonous mustard is the coastal scrub. One can drive to town (?) of Surf, but cannot leave road. Disgusting situation. In this general area, i.e., Vandenburg Air Base + Pt. Arguello Missile Station, saw the following items of interest: Coast, Western meke, Cinnamon Teal Yellowthroat, Redwing, Song Sparrow Yellow-billed Magpie, Mockingbird, White-tailed Kite, (a little marshy area near Surf) , Roadrunner, White-crown Horned Lark, Orpsey, Lark Sparrow, Turkey Vulture, and one wildcat crossing road. Returned to Berkeley in late afternoon evening.
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Banks 1961 Zonotrichia leucophrys 1. Old Creek, Cayucos, 50 ft., San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. Apr.23 Here, 5 of town, near cemetery, is a large trench filled with brush, adjacent to a brushy pasture. A couple pairs of White-crows here. The birds fly long distances when flushed. The song is a buzzy - I -- \ . Took 2 breeding birds, 1B, 1F. 5 road mi. N Cayucos on Rt.1, ca. 200 ft., SLO Co., Calif.- Along the brushy roadside, just N of Villa Creek Rd, White-crows were heard. Flushed a bird which I thought was a breeder, but it flew across road. It joined a flock of White-crows + golden-crows, and I took one of the flock. The one I got was not a breeding bird, but an emaciated pygetensis 4. This place in catalog is: 4 1/2 mi.W, 1 1/2 mi.N Cayucos, 200ft. 4 1/2 mi.W, 1 1/2 mi.N Cayucos, 150 ft., San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. In coastal scrub along shore or cliffs here, there is a good population of White-crows, although the area is limited. Took several birds. #4 and 5 were both mated, and I thought #5's mate (see catalog - this is not so) was singing - -- Bird 8 was mate of 9, the latter carrying a moth in its bill. #10 also had food in its bill. #12 was a singing bird. Flushed a ? from a set of 3 eggs in this area, but could find no other nest. Apr.19-28 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., Calif. - Several birds trapped at SF State Coll. campus by Mrs. Betty Little, given time to sorting.
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