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Collector: Grinnell-1925
Location: La Grulla, 7,200 ft.
Date: October 11, 1925
Page Number: 2584

6501 Townsend Junco (female sign) ad. 16.9g. Shot on rock in bush.
6502 Mountain Chicakdee (male sign) ad. 11.8g. Shot in pine.
6503 " " (female sign) ad. 11.4g. Shot in Salvia bushes.
6504 " " (female sign) ad. 11.4g. Shot on ground under willow.
6505 White-crowned Sparrow (male sign) im. 23.1 g. " " " " "
6506 Bluebird (male sign) im. 26.6g. Shot in cascara bush.
5 p.m. Our packer, José, has just come in to inform
us that a mule is missing, so we will be two days
late in changing location. But - "mañana" is the rule
in this country!
The feature of my day was a full close view of a
Ferruginous Rough-leg (my gun was entirely out of
commission at the moment!). The bird circled
above me within 60 yards, showing its character
well. It was the whitest hawk I ever saw. The
whole under surface was white, save for sparse
dark markings on the chest; The basal 2/3 of the tail
was white, the terminal third being light dusky?;
The under sides of the wings were white save
for dark primary types and for dark mottlings
in a transverse row at "wrist." Lamb and I
have both seen this bird distantly in previous
days, referring to it as "the white hawk."
This is the only other buteonine
besides the Red-Tails we have seen at this station.
Saw a Great Horned Owl fly along the
hillside at late dusk last evening. We hear
their notes every night.