Field notes, v1411
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C.B.Kofand 3 Journal 1900m. 17 April 1978 Nr. Chilasco, Dpto. Bujo Verapaz, Guatemala forest very quiet. Flycatchers most conspicuous birds. Other had fair trap success, bringing in several large Penycrura, a smaller P., two Richrod. a Turca grazi netted & released. Another, 27 t. 12 x 9, 80 grms. Hattet & released Lemurini anthracinus & Lemurini albionii 27. We took about 10 of the big luffy chested Penycrura today, mostly juveniles. Taster large, 9 x 15, in same 27 66 grms. or +, & 68 grms. & 58 grms. had mature repro. testes & imperf. vateryegies. Clean & dry all day. I walk, brought in an Alonix loyod from area where felling trees. Sus, Jed, & Masha walked to Chilasco in mid-after. noon. Reported food in stream there; at last to Finica Miranda. Hunted w. lights in evening for frogs, wannable but no luck. 1/2 noon, clean area. Noon; foggy Kate took 1 stunning (spec.). Troops, 1 Richrod-tangye (spec.) 18 April 1978. Walked road SE of camp 3/4 mile. Saw Cyarolync juveniles (white line over eye) (Cubi saw same previous day), 2. Saw 3 green Toucan at once; croaking (Aulacorhynchus) calls; in tops tall trees, spared. Big woodpecker. Flieslus. Robustant. & Turca Myioborus pictus infuscatus all brown. (tail & legs yellow; not eye or eye-ring). Saw an Antrelus (rubiginosus?) with dry grass in bill, shinking past log side trail; hole in bark on opposite side. Later, on skody road to NE camp 1/2 mile, saw an antbird w. long yellowish legs, brown all over, darkest or scum; nod. short tail, walked on logs across trail; allowed opened to 10'. / Cike & Bill Disher pulled apart branchside and took 7 foot salamander. We parked up, and departed about 2:30 p.m. from Fines bar Jorge for Chilenco in VW panel. Skipped briefly. Then took dirt road E across creek & toward Finica Miranda. Road rough but passable in dry weather, very dusty in spots. Passed Lygiod- menthy and long tree, small givers; burnt hillside. Occurred fork to side. about 4 miles up, 6000', in 1/2 mile wide bottom of valley, w. clear 2 m wide stream, elm turn along stream, but most flat of Barbania to 10' high. Slope w. laurel & oscar. 50' rain, and thicket of 10-20 ft. pines. Large rotifer laurent, & some planted to laurel & corn; the spaced plants now about 8" tall. Some boggy spots w. thick grass near meandering streamlet. Cloud forest on higher slopes to E and SE, about 1 mile