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Marshall. 1942
Gandolycia pernilis
Los Esmerules
March 25 ♂ 2179 taken in evening in area dense
humid type brush (winglets) high or mt.
in canyon of prime stream flushed
2 as came around bend of trail - saw
same or 2 more perched in dense
low trees above brush & shot one. None
made a sound.
March 26 ♀ 2181 shel. Tahulry Stut. near above
place - also in dense brush also silent.
March 3! On ridge & cloud forest heard peculiar
plaintive long whistles - I gave out
calls & finally got jays around me -
after a long time they came in readily
& looked about for owls. They had
gt. variety of rather weak calls. Took
2 jws- 2222 & 2223 shel ♂. Another got
away - must have been 5 or 6 altogether.
Were in cloud forest trees & came into lower
dense trees & brush around me.