Marshall, 1942 Microcharnes oviens Los Esmeriles March 24 - heard familiar plaintive faint peee (not the loud harsh call, but the meditative one) of M. richardsonii and took the bird from dead p. branch oak edge cloud forest. March 25 Saw one top dead tree in sparse cloud forest edge slide - gave above call & foraged always from same perch - didn't shoot because would have been diff. to find. April 1 On W. slope I giving same call & foraging from top little pine in brushland couldn't find it when I shot. Apr. 6 Heard same note in patch mixed oaks & pine near pass. Was foraging from top dead orchid oak - I shot as it flew out after insect but it dropped into orchids on another branch. Cerro del Aguilas, 5600 ft., Dept. Santa Ana Apr. 12 2289 sitting on dead twig cloud forest oak in semi-cleared area. Looked darker & less unicolor than all previous - looked like miniature Nuttallornis.