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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,