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Marshall, 1942
20.
General Account
Jan 7 p.m. out Cacagnatipe, Dept Morazan, El Salvador
Caprimulgus vociferus from side of
road in coffee cleared area. After
dark called for owls in grove of
pine pine - heard none - heard about
5 Cicadab virgata in oak forests
& coll. one.
No Aras Otus head
in oaks.
no moon.
Jan 8 am clear weather Hunted across
finca to west. Ran into 2 large
mixed flocks both on sunny
ridges jay woodpeckers orioles
flycatchers tanagers robins & small
woodpeckers (not Geophonus nor
Phoeocastes). Also 2 groups of
G. toncaus of about 5 or 6 each.
No birds heard in large untouched
treet of oaks on a north-facing
slope but flock of jays &
*Robins at edge giving alarm
notes at presence of a hawk - looked
like a falcon - brown wings with
black margin just glimpsed it as
flew thru dense woods. Balaenophya,
Cepturnus & Myiocharnes pertinax
on tall snags left from clearing
timber for coffee. In a saddle
near the origin oak & cleared area
was much brush & tall grass -