(Selander, 1952 32 August 11 3 mi. N Jalapa, 4500 ft., Veracruz, Mexico Lamb took an Atlapetes albinucha in a small tree near a farm house. Noted many goldfinches, especially around corn fields. Lincolus mexicanus (one) seen along stream. Also noted as S. Mutacilla along stream. Shot a chipping sparrow in corn field; gave it to bomb: Specimen lively worm. - Returned to camp and decided to move on without delay as the prospect of getting worms is poor. The vegetation here (what is left of it) is not suited for C. megalopterus. Also, we are probably too high for C. zonatus. Lamb decided to remain here for a few days. Have him 100 loaded 38 shells. Will see him again in Irapuato on our way home the first week in September. Lamb intends to make a camp somewhere in Puebla? and then return to his home in Irapuato around August 30. Bonnie and I drove straight through to Puebla, Puebla, arriving there around 5:00 P.M. Took a room at the Colonial Hotel (22 pesos); skinned 2 birds in hotel room and then went to a movie. Wrote letters until 12:00. August 12 [The country between Jalapa and Puebla is extremely farmed so that little of the original vegetation remains. Near Los Vegas much of the forest is gone. Hit a peculiar desert area on top of the plateau east of Puebla. Very dry - cactua common. Also some areas of very dry pine forest.]