Field notes, v1472
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Marshall (1942) Icterus maculi-alatus V de Santa Ana . ♂ 2410 shot as sang from bare stub tall tree in heavy forest on flat ground NE base Cerro de los Naranjos Very shy - long time following & stalking. Singing from tops trees. A slender, graceful shy bird. Fem in most exquisitely fresh plumage (skel) This forest actually rather open - large & small trees - few but foliage dense. Was the area where migrating warblers & vireos found, also all the Basilentorus an oak association looking just like live oaks in Pasadena. 2441 ♂ 2442 a pair in im plumge described in catalog were shot together in cypress (10') hedges separating tracts of castor bean trees. Shot "soutinely" with other oriole & until compared with Van's skin thought to be new sp for El Salvador. There were many immature orioles wandering about these orchard. Icterus spurieus Lake Ohomega An abundant bird in SW lake where sparse minoress in blossoms in flat grass area. Feeding here with hundreds of hummingbird. 50 or more individ in dense spot 15 acrs.