Field notes, v1362
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April 24, at 4 P.M. Left Berkeley in company with Miss. Mary Erickson. Drove through Tracy and Stockton; reached San Andreas about 9 P.M. Had stopped for 40 min. in Stockton for dinner. Since we were in a hurry, we noticed few birds along the road. The usual red winged blackbirds, meadow larks, California shrikes, English sparrows, linnets were seen intermittently after we passed through the Livermore hills; dark put an end to further observation. On reaching San Andreas, we stopped at Pac. Tel. & Tel. office to find address of Mr. Wiley, who signed the last letter to Dr. Grinnell regarding the "jay hunt" as "Secretary of the Calaveras County Sportsmen Association". This title, I have reason to believe was adopted for the express purpose of making the "jay shoot" personnel sound like a real organized body. Sans "jay shoot", sans title, I believe. Had no trouble locating Wiley, so called on him immediately. He extended the "glad hand" readily to us and was quite pleasant. We, in turn, expressed our appreciation for the favor granted us, namely, allowing us to be at hand for the shoot.