Field notes, Wyoming and Utah, May 16-July 3, 1890
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[[underlined]] Field Notes [[/underlined]]
1890.
May 16 to July 3.
V. Bailey
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V. Bailey
Elk River Minn.
[[left margin]] [[bracket]] Ft. Bridger [[/bracket]][[/margin]]
Atriplex confertifolia
Geranium richardsonii
Allium reticulatum,
Pentstemon gracilis,
Clematis douglasi
Caltha leptosepala
Castilleia miniata
[[left margin]] [[bracket]] Park City [[/bracket]][[/margin]]
Aquilegia cǣrulea
Acer grandidentatum
" [[Ditto for: Acer]] glabrum
Clematis [[strikethrough]] later [[/strikethrough]] verticillaris
Physocarfros torreyi,
Synphoricarpos oreophilus
Cymopterus alfinus
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[[margin]] May 16 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Rawlins, Wyo [[/underlined]]
Cliff Swallows; a few (7)
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: May]] 17 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Carter to Ft. Bridger [[/underlined]]
Hirundo erythrogaster 1
Arabis lyalli. mustard -
Zaraxic[[strikethrough]] ous [[/strikethrough]]um officinalis.
" [[Ditto for: Zaraxicum]] scopulorum
Louicera inodiciata
Dodecatheon meadia - shooting star.
[[strikethrough]] Tringoides 1.
Pipilo ahlarrous com. [[/strikethrough]]
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[[underlined]] Harveys Ranch [[/underlined]]
[[margin]] May 19. [[/margin]]
Pisa hudsonisa, com.
Robins com.
Sturnella com.
Scobocaftagus cyavo. a few.
Blk. headed grosbeak 2 -
Killdeers 2
Tringoides 1.
Pipilo chlourous com.
Dendrocea audufoni, com.
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: May]] 20 [[/margin]] Amodeauans 3.
Spizella arevacro about
20. single or in pairs.
Kingfisher 1.
[[margin]] May 21. [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Over to Henry's Fork [[/underlined]]
Sialia arctica, 2
Pooecites 2
Salpinetus, com.
Sparrow Hawk, a few.
Colaptes caper 1.
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: May]] 22 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Back to Harveys R. [[/underlined]]
Sparrow Hawks nest in old Magpies nest, 5 eggs. nearly fresh.
Colaptes cafer, several.
Kingbird, 1 on fence.
Dendroica auduboni 1.
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[[underlined]] Harveys Ranch [[/underlined]]
[[margin]] May 23 [[/margin]] Magpies nest. 5 bare young. nest in popple 12 ft. made as usual.
[[Circus?]] 1 [[male symbol]]
Poorwill, 1 heard.
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: May]] 24 [[/margin]] Catbird. 1 close up.
Dendroica aestiva, com.
Ammodramus 1.
Turdus 1.
Vireo q. swaini (?) 1.
Greenwing Teal 3.
Kingfisher 1
[[margin]] May 26 [[/margin]]
Tyrannus verticalis 1 killed
Pipilo chlourous 1.
Kingfisher 2
Cat bird 1.
Hebia [[melavocephdis?]] 3.
D. aestiva abn.
Z. [[leucophras?]] 1 killed
Salpinctes com _
[[Orascaptes?]] (1?) 2 _
Falco sparverius 1.
Accipiter [[strikethrough]] pur [[/strikethrough]] velox 1
Violet swallow 3.
Sialia arctica 2 + nest of 4 blue eggs in hole in cliff.
nest of sage lark
Tringoides 1.
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[[margin]] May 27. [[/margin]] Helminthophila celata 1.
Parius a. sep. 3.
Catbird 1.
Sparrow Hawks 2
Spizella nest in sagebrush 4 eggs.
Colaptes cafer, nest in alder stub 6 feet. eggs 7, inc. far adv =
Sturnella - nest, in meadow. Eggs 5, fresh
Dendroeca auduboni 1.
Poorwill, heard
[[margin]] May 28 [[/margin]] Robins nest with 4 eggs well insulated.
Killdeer 1.
Spirus tristis 1.
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: May]] 29 [[/margin]] Oriole 1.
Caloptes cafer, nest in side of house.
Poorwill heard in evening
Coyotes bark " " [[Ditto for: heard in evening]]
Sparrow Hawk caught a young sparrow while
[[margin]] 30 [[/margin]]
Took meadowlarks eggs, 5
Humming bird 1 ([[?]])
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[[margin]] May 31 [[/margin]] Calamospiza melanocori [[strikethrough]] aff [[/strikethrough]] a flock of about 12.
[[margin]] June 1 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Up to Mts [[/underlined]]
curlew 2.
Hummer 1 heard.
A. egretta 1
Hummers 3
Buteo swainson 2.
Cirens 1 [[male symbol]] over pines
Falco spar. com
Sialia arctica, nest -
Sphyrapicus 1.
Juncos, in pine timber.
Camped at Steel Mill 10000 ft.
[[margin]] June 3 [[/margin]] Went up the creek & near its source & up to timberline.
Robins com. up to timberline
Sialia arctica " " [[dittos for : up to timberline]]
[[Arthus ludovocians?]], com. in parts high up
Juncos, com.
D. auduboni, com. to timberline
[[Driotates villasus?]] 2
Zonotrichia leucopris. one in camp
C. macrolopha 3
Tamias & Porcupine 7
[[Arctourns?]] up to timberline,
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[[margin]] June 4 [[/margin]] Canada Jay, com-
Z. leucophrys 2 -
[[margin]] 5. [[/margin]] up to timberline.
[[vertical in margin]] A. tridentata up to old camp.
Fragaria, com. Myosotis, com. in timber. [[/vertical in margin]]
Picea to the top-
Abies, from top down into timber, mostly shrubby Juniperus communis, abn. to top.
Pyrola (?) 2 to top.
Pine to 500 ft. of top.
White Cowslip 10000 to 11000.
R. glaberimus to 11000 -
Frazeri at camp -
Viola nuttallii at camp
Primula " [[ditto for: at camp]]
Castilae " [[ditto for: at camp]]
[[margin]] June 6 [[/margin]]
Spizella socialis, a few at camp.
Regulus calendula com
[[margin]] June 10 [[/margin]]
[[underlined]] To Carter [[/underlined]]
Hirundo, a few at Carter
Calamospiza, scattered through the sagebrush.
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: June]] 11 [[/margin]]
[[underlined]] Evenston [[/underlined]]
Passer domestica, 3 seen in street.
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[[margin]] June 12 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Park City, Utah up the Mt. [[/underlined]]
Robins, com.
Sparrow Hawk 1.
Pipilo [[ablourous?]] 1.
[[strikethrough]] Plat [[/strikethrough]]
Hummer 1. [[insertion]] [[underlined]] com [[/insertion]] [[/underlined]] platicircus
Progue rubis [[strikethrough]] 2 [[/strikethrough]] com.
2 pair breeding in w.p'k'r holes in popple.
Contopus v. rich, com.
G. macgilvrayi 1.
Troglodytes, abn.
Zonotricha leucophras 2.
Colaptes cafer 1.
Marten & Troglodytes & violet Swallow all in holes of a popple.
[[margin]] June 13 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Up Mt [[/underlined]]
Carpodacus casseni 5. paired, breeding
Zonotrichia leucophosas, com in pairs in brush, anxious.
Vireo g. swainsoni 1.
Siedia arctica 1,
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: June]] 14 [[/margin]] [[underlined]] Up Mt. [[/underlined]]
Pipilo [[oblouvus?]] 4.
Geothlypis macgilvrayi [[strikethrough]] abn [[/strikethrough]] 2
Hebia melanocephala 3.
Vireo g. swainsoni 1, com.
Coutopus richardsoni. com.
[[Picaesrvies?]] 1.
[[Zenaidura?]] 1
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[[underlined]] Up Mt. [[/underlined]]
[[margin]] June 16 [[/margin]]
H. celata 1. killed.
G. macgilvrayi 2 seen
Sphyrapicus v. nuchalis 1 [[male symbol]]
Zenaidura, 1
Tamias lateralis, 1 in town.
one chirped
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: June]] 17 [[/margin]]
[[underlined]] Up Mt. [[/underlined]]
A young Robin can just fly.
Sialia arctica, com.
high up
[[underline]] From Park City to Salt L. [[/underline]]
[[margin]] June 19. [[/margin]]
Scolecophagus com.
R.W. Blackbird, " [[Ditto for: com.]]
Cowbird. " [[Ditto for: com.]]
Sturnella, " [[Ditto for: com.]]
Killdeer " [[Ditto for: com.]]
Tringoides " [[Ditto for: com.]]
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: June]] 20 [[/margin]]
[[underline]] Below Salt Lake City [[/underline]]
Bobolinks, com.
R.W. Blackbirds, " [[Ditto for: com.]]
Yellowheads " [[Ditto for: com.]]
Bitterns " [[Ditto for: com.]]
P. domestica
Cliff Swallows " [[Ditto for: com.]]
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[[underline]] Lehi to Fairfield [[/underline]]
[[margin]] 20 [[/margin]]
P. domestica. -
Hirundo com.
[[underline]] Fairfield [[/underline]]
Cliff Swallows, com.
Oroscoptes 1
Sayornis sayi com.
Nighthawk 2
Amphispiza v. nevadensis 3.
Turkey Buzzard 1
[[underline]] Fairfield Utah [[/underline]]
[[margin]] June 21. [[/margin]]
Spizella breweri abn. & young full grown.
Zenaidura. com. in prs.
Killdeer, abn, at ford.
[[strikethrough]] Ruddy Duck [[/strikethrough]] [[insert left margin]] Cinnamon teal [[/insert left margin]] 1. [[male symbol]]
Hirundo. obv.
Sturnella, com.
S. cyanocephelus, com. & anxious
Corvus, 2
[[Oroscaftes?]], com. & yg. full grown.
P. domestica, numerous
A yg. [[male symbol]] with only seeds in gizzard.
Petrichelidon lunifrons, abn.
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Oriole a pair
Sayornis sayi, com.
Shrike 5.
Progne subis 6
Tyrannus 1
[[margin]] June 23. [[/margin]]
Tyrannus 1.
Otocoris com. seen drinking at 5 P.M.
Carpodacus, 8 drinking at 5 P.M.
Tyrannus at the water at 6:30 P.M.
Sialia arctica 1 -
amphispiza nevadensis, com & yg. flying --
Milospiza 2 at water 6:30 P.M.
[[underline]] Fairfield [[/underline]]
[[margin]] June 23 [[/margin]]
Violet Swallow, 1 drinking 6:3, P.
Falco mexicana 2
[[margin]] 24 [[/margin]]
Turkey Buzzard 1.
Melaspiza 1,
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: June]] 25. [[/margin]]
Amphispiza, nest in Artemesia, of sticks, loose. lined with wool. 2 half fledged young.
Sayornis 1. sayi.
Turkey Buzzards 3.
Redwing Blackbirds, com, in meadow & young out.
Jack Snipe 2.
Bank Swallow, [[superscript]] (2) [[/superscript]] com.
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[[underline]] Fairfield [[/underline]]
[[margin]] June 26 [[margin]]
Geothlypis occidentalis a pair in meadow.
Robins, common -
[[Amerodranus?]] 1 heard common -
Dendroica aestiva 1
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: June]] 27 [[/margin]]
Yellow headed Blackbirds 13 & 3 in fields.
Orascoptes nest in sagebrush. 4 eggs nearly hatched.
Spizella breweri nest of 3 eggs, inc. 4
Turkey Buzzard 1.
[[underline]] Fairfield [[/underline]]
[[margin]] June 28 [[/margin]]
Ravens 81 2 killed.
Curlew 1 killed
Marsh Hawk 2 seen. one killed, [[male symbol]] [[num?]]. one sp. wallis in stom. 9 A.M.
Numenius longirostris,
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[[underline]] Cedar Fort [[/underline]]
[[margin]] June 29. [[/margin]]
Sunday,
Saw a Blue Bunting
Spizella breweri. abn.
Chondestes 4.
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: June]] 30 [[/margin]]
[[underline]] Up Pole Cañon [[/underline]]
Magpies 2
Jays
Pipilo [[melagoux?]] (?) common. 1 killed.
Pipilo [[cholorous?]], com.
Chondestes , 3
G. macgilvrayi, 2 + a young.
Trochalis [[platicirens?]], com.
M. Doves, abn.
Colaptes cafer 1.
[[underlined]] Park City [[/underlined]]
[[margin]] July 3. [[/margin]]
Tamias lateralis. 13, 5 ad. & 8 im.,
seeds, grain, beens, green foliage & flowers in all. insects in all but 2, hoppers, crickets, worms, & flies. old [[male symbol]] is fat. Young chip sharply.
[[margin]] " [[Ditto for: July]] 4
16 T. lateralis killed & examined, about half had insects, nearly all seeds & greens, some had cake, wood, potatos, fat pork, beans, corn, oats in stomachs, several ads. were fat, E eat roses.
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[[underline]] No. Sawmill June 4, 90 [[/underline]]
[[margin]] 1241 [[/margin]] 420 x 33 x 125 x 90. [[superscript]] [[underline]] [[rare?]] [[/superscript]] [[/underline]] Lepus baridi [[male symbol]].
Iris brown.
[[margin]] 1242. [[/margin]] 211 x 64 x 28 x 7 1/2 Thomomys, [[female symbol]] ad. Teats 4-5.
[[margin]] 1243. [[/margin]] 332 x 135 x 50. Sclurus [[female symbol]] ad. 4-4 Embryos 3.
[[margin]] 1244. [[/margin]] 305 x 102 x 50. " [[Ditto for: Sclurus ]] [[male symbol]] ad.
Bobtailed
[[margin]] 1245 [[/margin]] Tamias 4 v. [[female symbol]] 200 x 91 x 30. [[insertion]] Sunflower seeds in pouch [[/insertion]]
[[margin]] 1246 [[/margin]] " [[Ditto for: Tamias]] [[male symbol]], 186 x 86 x 29
[[margin]] 1247 [[/margin]] " [[Ditto for: Tamias]] [[male symbol]], 181 x 83 x 29
[[margin]] 1248 [[/margin]] " [[Ditto for: Tamias]] [[male symbol]], 190 x 90 x 30
[[margin]] 1249 [[/margin]] " [[Ditto for: Tamias]] [[male symbol]]. 186 x 83 x 30
[[margin]] 1250 [[/margin]] Lagopus [[male symbol]]. 210 x 10 x 29 [[underline]] At timberline June 5. [[/underline]]
[[margin]] 1251 [[/margin]] " [[Ditto for: Lagopus]] [[female symbol]] 205 x 10 x 29.
5 embryos.
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[[underline]] Saw Mill June 5 [[/underline]]
[[margin]] 1252 [[/margin]] Arv. [[falbil?]] [[female symbol]] 124 x 22 16 ad. 2 embryos.
[[margin]] 1253 [[/margin]] Arv. riparius [[female symbol]] 152 x 39 x 19
[[underline]] Ft. Bridger June 10. [[/underline]]
[[margin]] 1263 [[/margin]] 370 x 48 x 64, P.D. [[male symbol]]
[[margin]] 1264 [[/margin]] 252 x 45 x 55. [[male symbol]]. juv [[underline]] P.D. [[/underline]]
[[strikethrough]] Scales,
Spurs,
Forceps, wire, shot,
Charger. [[/strikethrough]]
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Shoes pegged .60
Photos .60
Board 2.00
[[overwritten]] [[?]] [[/overwritten]] [[Lost?]] .50
R.R. fare 8.40
Bath .25
Lunch
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[[margin]] July 2 [[/margin]] Board 3.50
R.R. fare 2.00
[[margin]] 3 [[/margin]] " " [[Ditto for: R.R. fare]] 3.00
Board 1.00 .15
[[margin]] July 5 [[/margin]]
Board 2.25 .45
Street car 2.10
Supper .25
Scales .50
Board 1.25
Ticket 1.00
Baggage .60
Board 2.00
Lost .50
Pictures .60
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[[margin]] 19 [[/margin]]
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[[Ochoina?]] .50
[[margin]] 20 [[/margin]]
Microscope 1.50
Ammunition 1.00
book of Mormon 1.00
Board 1.00
Carfares 2,1,
Baggage .75
R.R. fare 1.30
Cotton .25
Team 3.00
[[moccassin?]]
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Medicine 1.00
28 Cottons .25
Board 6.00
Moving
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Skulls 1320 & 21, 1328 & 9.
[[underline]] Plants [[/underline]]
Ledum glandulosum.
Allium bisceptrum.
Erythronium grandiflorum [[overwritten]] or [[/overwritten]] & [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] minor.
Penstemon cyananthus,
Polemonium foliosissimum
Mimulus luteus. [[?]] [[?]]
Rabbit [[female symbol]]
560 x 94 x 134 x 163
[[strikethrough]] 560 x 134 x 91 x 163 [[/strikethrough]]
Crocidilite
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[[strikethrough]] Timetable books, - Latin, Scot history,
blankits
Cheese [[/vertical strikethrough]]
[[underline]] Echo to Park City [[/underline]] 26 m.
262 x 93 x 39. [[female symbol]] 7. lateralis
Microscope
Flute
Dirk
Pincers & shot
[[half circle line connecting:]]
Spermophilus [[genus?]]. 30
455 x 195 x 62 x 21 [[female symbol]]. 4 - 4, ad.
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[[strikethrough]] 610 x 192 x 88, [[/strikethrough]] [[male symbol]] Anatomys.
1890
[[underline]] 1779 [[/underline]]
4 [[division mark]] 111
[[answer]] 27 [[/answer]]
Spizella [[strikethrough]] [[arevacer?]] [[/strikethrough]] breweri nest - outside di. 80. inside di. 45. depth inside 33. outside 65.
Of fine grass lined with rootlets & cow & horse hair - Set in forks of A. tridentata 1 foot from ground.
bird on & shot 8 feet from nest-
Eggs 4.
May 27, 90, Ft. Bridger
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Skulls 1222 & 1169 eaten by a hog. [[/bracket]]
585 x 185 x 89. [[male symbol]] Arctom.
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