Field notes, v1472
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Marshall (1942) Turdus assimilis V. de Santa Ana : Cerro del Aguilá— See Fig. 12 Cardos 45, 1943:32 Canyon between the 2 peaks of had very large fig or other oak trees etc. large tract & on left-hand (W) side underbrush cleared near bottom preparatory to coffee planting. This left a noble hillside of tinjietrees & bare ground underneath, except this was where T. assimilis trogons, Atilas, Piranga leucoptera etc. living out in the tops eating berries & fruit. Definitely a restricted colony of T. assimilis. Almost never seen stayed in densest high foliage for feeding & singing. Cloudy dark days sang from lower large branches 60' up in view but never moved so couldn't find them then either. Very peculiar frog-like call: Kerrrrrrr— reminding one of trogons. Judging from these calls, were lot of birds in every tree, but when I tried to talk them,