Field notes, v1313
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Gullion 1949 Journal 184 Sept 8 Red Mtn. 5300ft., 1/4 mi S Hayfork, Trinity Co., Calif. Fox Sparrows and saw a J Rufous Hummingbird. Saw 2 Vaux Swifts and collected a Savannah Sparrow on this ridge. Leaving these I returned to Camp and skinned my specimens. During the evening 2 Spotted Owls came through camp but were not collected. Sept 9 Same locality - Left camp early this morning. Collected a Fox Sparrow on the ridge S of camp, then got another a few minutes later. Worked around the E side of the hill S of Camps, thru a fine forest of mature White Pines, Jeffrey and Sugar Pines and Incense Cedars. Saw several Chickarees, Townsend Chipmunks and collected 1 Brown Creeper. Saw a Cooper Hawk flash thru the forest. Coming out onto the open top of this hill I saw several more Fox Sparrows and collected 1 Sceloporus occidentalis. Heard a White- breasted Nuthatch in the pine forest on the S slope of this hill. Working on down this slope I found several more Fox Sparrow and a Spotted Towhee. When I shot at the Towhee I flushed 1 forked horn and 2 3 point Black-tails out of the Mangenta just beyond. Working on around this ridge, Serpentine barren S of this hill I saw 2 more Fox Sparrows, several Yellow-pine and Sonoma Chipmunks, and collected one