Transcribing the field notes of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Collector: Grinnell - 1925 Location: Mineral Date: June 30 Page Number: 2512

the days of the Yosemite Survey! Probably part of the "Tolmie" warblers I censused on June 17, by voice, were really Calaveras, as I now know the precincts of several over the same route (in addition to some Tolmies). The Calaveras Warbler occurs regular up the dry, rather open woods (Transition) of the Martin Creek ridge (along lower part of Viola Traill towards Brokeoff, up to about the 6000 foot contour; beyond that only scatteringly; and the one I shot, well within the Canadian, was the highest noted. This species is almost sure to be noted in the vicinity of the black oaks which occur scatteringly up that sunny ridge, among pines and white firs, or mid chaparral, up to 6000 ft. thus pretty consistently transitional.

July 1 A male California Purple Finch has gotten the habit of visiting camp daily. Several times some days it comes to the ground about our fire-place and eating table, hops around, and picks up particles, the larger of which seem to be flakes of "H O". Today a shyer [female symbol] came, alone. While the [male symbol], if one is quiet, comes within 6 feet of one's shoes, the [female symbol] did not come closer than 15 feet. \ Then, to our surprise, a [male symbol] Cassin Purple Finch came, separately, today. It, too, was shy, this being, perhaps, its first visit. But it gave wonderful opportunity of seeing all of its characters - red cap, very pale pink breast, ashy line over eye, streaked beak, and generally ^^{grayish tone}.

Collector: Grinnell - 1925 Location: Mineral Date: July 5 Page Number: 2520

the most part, there [sic] are silent now. Tanagers, Hermit Thrushes and Warbling Vireos are still in song; but nearly all warblers, flycatchers and finches are quiet. Indeed, I heard the song of but one Hermit Warbler, where I heard dozens on June 22. Heard but 2 or 3 Audubon Warblers this morning. Heard a Grouse "boonting" in a big fir, so persistently that I circled the tree without disturbing him. I couldn't see him. Flushed a hen from the dusty trail, but failed to find any young.

6284 Hammond Flycatcher [female symbol] ad. 9.7g. Shot from fir twig about 30 ft. from ground in woods on ridge at 5500 ft. Note that molt has begun in innermost primaries, and that lower mandible is not especially dusky; indeed, it is quite pale flesh-color.

6285 Warbling Vireo [female symbol] 13.7 g. Contained fully formed yolk, a little "white" but not shell: would have laid 4th egg tomorrow. With nest and set 1/3 (incomplete, as above. ^^{Shot in willow.} See p. 2519.

6286 Western Tanager [male symbol] ad. testes [testes illustration]. 28.6 g. Shot on ground beneath young firs, whither it had just; 5000 ft.

6287 Mariposa Fox Sparrow [female symbol] ad. 30.7g. Shot in thicket of arctostaphylos patula, in large tract of chaparral at about 5600 ft.

The young in the Wright Flycatcher's nest at camp, which hatched on June 17 (see p. 2491), left the nest voluntarily this forenoon sometime. Time in nest, 18 days ±.

6288 Bufo boreas found under board in our tent.