K. Selander, 1952 31 August 10 3 mi. N Jalapa, 4500 ft., Veracruz, Mexico. Moved this morning to this camp along the Rio Bonderillo. Camped just off highway under a large sycamore tree near the edge of the river. Went hunting around camp in the afternoon. The region is extremely farmed so that only patches of forest now remain, there mainly along the river. The hills covered with either corn or orange and banana trees; some coffee. The original vegetation here was probably a heavy stand of broad-leaved trees, with thick scrub under-laying. Reminds one of the transition zone in northern Utah. Large sycamores along the river. A few oak bushes present. The area is so extensively farmed that hunting is not worthwhile. The entire remaining stand of original vegetation can be hunted through in one day. Homes scattered all over, making hunting unsafe. Collected a squiral cuckoo (Piaya cayana) and saw another; a young Turdus grayi; an Empidonax [obliquaris?]; a Myiodysnastis luteiventris; and a Thraupis abbas. Saw another pair of T. abbas in sycamores along the river. Mexican goldfinches common everywhere. Blue mockingbirds present. Heard a Catharus singing. Returned to camp, skinned birds and went to bed. August 11 Hunting from 7:30 until 9:30 - no success. Took an Aimophila rufescens. Bomb collected one also. Seen fairly common in heavy bushes. Seen in pairs. Collected a Catharus mexicanus, and a blue mockingbird.