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- Pine Grosbeak.
Monashee Pass, B.C. [British Columbia] 4000 ft. [feet] June 23, 1937
This morning at 7:30 AM a
pair of these birds came to
a low tree near camp. Both
were taken, + proved to be
a breeding male + a laying
female, in plumage they
are identical but the male
is a few mm. [millimetres] larger than
the female.
An hour later a full
plumaged breeding male
came down + was also
taken.
At 1 o'clock Mr [Kenneth] Racey
shot an adult male +
female that flew out of
an abandoned shack.
The [they] were apparently attracted
to the camp + to the shack
by salty deposits.
The second [male symbol] taken
had been eating alder buds
When travelling together they
utter a low call like that
of the Western Tanager
Mt. [Mount] Revelstoke, B.C. [British Columbia] July 3, 1937.
Took 2 Pine grosbeaks, one
very much larger than the
other - both in gray plumage
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