Transcribing the field notes of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

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.