Field notes, v1471
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Marshall, 1942 31. General Acct Mt. Cacaguatigue, Dept. Morazan, El Salvador Summary is a striking light green color. Also occurs below 3500 ft on N. slope just above cliffs where Mt. drops off abruptly - the brush here is on rocky knolls between farms. 2) The 2nd type of brush is a brunied type resembling willow thickets in Calif.: consists of tall brushes, dense spreading shrubs, ferns & tangles of vine. Grass around edges. This occurs on north rim of summit of highest ridge & down into canyon there marked on map. A growth similar to this occurs on a steep cleared slope down hill from hacienda - but is more of ferns. This last not worked for birds so future remarks apply only to that up on summit. Tucker says this brunied. Another type of brush occurs in flat places where oak forest has been cleared or thinned: tall grass & bushes & some ferns - appears just an increased develop- ment of cover occurring naturally under oakles. The most interesting habitat types occur in the deep canyon east & below the hacienda. A deep virgin oak forest is on