Field notes, v1471
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Marshall, 1942 General Account Jan. 15 Mt. Cacagnathine, Dept. Morazan, El Salvador slope of Mt. " Oak forest down about 1000 ft. Coll. Brasremon in brush under oak at lower edge of oak growth - then it gives way to a type of high dense brush on the steep slope which goes in a blanket down to the farms & cornfields 1000 ft or more below. This brush is not a chaparral but is composed of straight shoots mostly & mostly of flowering plants now in bloom - Hummers in immense numbers - mostly Archilochus colubris. Many Tolmie Warblers & Paleolaled Warblers heard a chat?, Zoro Leptoptila, sara pigeon, many s-b. thrushes. Where the ridge levels off below are cornfields - where I got Amigulus (also seen in cactus hedges around houses). Violet-green Swallows common at this level. Tucker (botanist) says this brush is not natural - these slopes were probably cleared for cornfields once. No swiffts! (along summit). Jan. 16 Collected Termites for D. Kirby this am. around edge of finca in old stumps - Original 26.