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the men returned with four sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus. Still partly cloudy at 9 p.m. Birds seen today, as far as I can recall: Meadowlark Sturnella common, Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos common(7), mt, bluebird Sialia abundant, young bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 2 ((? by PR, bobolinks rarely get west of Yuma County)), lark bunting Calamospiza melanocorys 3, mourning dove Zenaida macroura common, English sparrow Passer domesticus, Brewer blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus, sparrow hawk Accipiter, barn swallow Hirundo rustica, solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria, lark sparrow Chondestes grammacus, vesper sparrow Pooecetes gramineus, Brewer sparrow Spizella breweri, killdeer Charadrius vociferus, ravens Corvus. Our camp is on Little Beaver Creek Little Beaver Creek, Colorado, near John Quinton's house.

Little Beaver Creek, Colo. Little Beaver Creek, Colorado, Aug. 18, 1909 August 18, 1909

Partly cloudy morning, sprinkling at breakfast time, but hot during later forenoon. I skinned the worst shot of the sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus, a young chicken. At noon terry and I started south