Field notes, v1313
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Gullio 1949 Chamaea fasciata -/- Aug 22 French Camp, 3100 ft. Humboldt Co., Calif. - The bird collected yesterday, though with a 1 layered skull, paper thin, has a well developed brood patch, with one double row of pin feathers developing along either side of its breast. - It proved to be a male, with the left testes enlarged to about 1/2 mm., the right testes, about 1/2 mm., both jet black. No double layering of skull except for a narrow band down the mid-line. - Same locality - Collected 2 birds today from the edge of a Tan Oak forest. Before I collected the first one, they both were bouncing around in the woods, scolding. After I got the first, the second moved off away, giving a pathetic little note, apparently trying to locate the other bird. This failing, it gave a half hearted type of call, returning again to the vicinity where the other bird was last seen, it scolded me from near the top of a Tan Oak, then flew into the exposed network of branches on a fallen tree - where it was promptly collected. - This calling behavior was also noted being given by the other bird of the pair to which yesterdays specimen belonged. Aug 23 same locality - 1 of the birds collected