Field notes, v1471
Page 443
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Marshall, 1942 Lepidocolaptes (Picolaptes) leucogaster? Los Escamiles, Dept. Chalatenango, El Salvador March 13 & 2073 taken as climbed from base to & up sapling under dense cloudforest - brush understory - had heard 2-4 saw 2 at 1st apparently a pair. Attracted to them by unusual note i hen-like "cut-uck" I that a woodpecker or flicker sound. Flicked wings ~ creeper. Taken in am. clear day-no winds in patch cloud forest near camp. March 14 Heard above call in semicleared - 2nd growth appears to cloud forest on hillside across canyon from call camp - apparently in one of the 3 or 4 young pines. Couldn't see them -> No! is probably Henicorona modestus - heard in this place 1973 & 2073. Not same as call heard March 13. March 20 Worked same place as 13th long time without seeing or hearing any more. March 30 & 2273 taken on ridge near where 2073 taken. Flew thru cloud forest & lit on slender tall tree at edge where call. L. affinis calling in vicinity.