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Marshall (1942)
Tyrannicus irissimus
Chilata
2472 skel collected am one
of a pair staying close together
(same brush or sm tree) in
the humid shaded gully
where so many sp. made
their only appearance at Chilata
(ferns, springs, dense
humid growth and under
tall dense trees). Here were
Todus assimilis, Catharus
aurantiurostris, Ant-Wren, Y-gr Vireo,
Blue Honey-Creeper etc.
The pair pitched from brush to
sm tree at edge of understory
of forest with feeble flight
like Gratecatchers. Stayed in
outer foliage 10 ft up (but
acted like Vireos & looked
remarkably like them) ie moved
around in foliage - did not
stay on a single perch, looking
for flying insect. There was
nothing in my brief look into
the behavior of this pair to
suggest that they were flycatchers.
2505 taken at midday along creek
on N side of range 1/2 mi before