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  • Northwestern Robin - T.M. [Turdus migratorius] Caurinus [all underlined] #761 b First arrival Jan [January] 23rd 1922 Pt [Point] Gray 5 seen at Esquimalt Feb [february] 2nd 1922 1 [check mark symbol] Shaughnessy Hgts [Heights] Feb [February] 12th 1922. At Terra nova a nest seen in hedge containing three half fledged young May 3rd.- April 30th. Robin nest containing three eggs. 1 pale + 2 dark coloured. Male bird was the ordinary normal bird while the female was spattered all over with white feathers. She was secured + when skinned was found to be very old + only three small imperfect eggs in body ( [circle drawn to depict size] size) Mch. [March] 8/24 [1924] Point Gray B.C. [British Columbia] Fine but cloudy. About 4 pm noticed numerous flocks of robin flying high overhead going in a N. [north] Westerly direction as if bound for Vanc. [Vancouver] Island. Some ten or fifteen birds arrived + stayed about near us Jan [January] 1st 1924 Five robins seen sitting on a tree in front of a farm house along Lulu Is. [Island] dyke road near Marpole. Feb [February] 26/27 Three robins seen thru [through] [illegible word] in front of our house, perched on top of trees opposite. All were singing This being the first time we have heard the robins singing this year. 6/22/24. [June 22 1924] Very abundant everywhere between McGuire + Pemberton. Vancouver B.C. [British Columbia] [underlined] April 16. 24 [1924] Very common everywhere this spring. Vancouver B.C. [British Columbia] Jan [January] 24./29 [1929] Flock of [line cut off when scanned]
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