Field notes, v1471
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Marshall, 1941 6. General Account Mt. Cacaguatique, Dept. Morazan, El Salvador Dec 25 Camp at hacienda of coffee finca at 4600 ft on n slope. Apparently from this elev. to summit was cloud forest, now planted to coffee bushes - ground clear beneath and tall spreading shade trees above. Easy to hunt in plantation but not wet condit. We came up gradud east slope yesterday from arid deciduous forest, grassland, the brush, then half way up into oaks and pines. 100 yd. n camp is cleared slope bordered by virgin oak forest, grown to glass and brush. Several dead oaks - in which were many acorn-storing woodpecks, kingbirds. Wrens in brush - 1 sp. singing. Dove doves on trail. Most birds seen along edge coffee & humid upper virgin forest. Clouds of warblers passing thru trees, hummingers, large sciuurus seen, russet-backed thrushes, kingbirds, cal. woodpeckers. Hunted most trees around of time in pure coffee plantation. In little hollow with water was huge group birds: flock Cisslopha & Orioles, plicated & golden-f. woodpeckers, thrushes warblers, etc. etc. P.M. 3 kinds owls heard in finca's high calls. Dec 26 Collected in coffee finca - up-hill from camp. Same sit as yesterday - saw birds for long way then great mixed flocks.