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R.K.Selanders,
1953
12
Caloitta
Santa Rita, 3000 ft., Chiapas, Mexico
Oct. 14 Talked with one of these men this afternoon. He claims that there are "muchas urracas" on a monte cristo, about 14 Kilometers to the north of here -- beyond the Monte de la Pluma. According to him -- "urraca cabeza azul" is common -- "urraca cabeza negra" is rare. He seems to distinguish the two without hesitation. (Incidentally, this "Monte Cristo" is not the same one as that near Suemildero.)
Oct. 15 No jays around camp in morning. While on our way to San Fernando, 4 Caloitta crossed the trail near a corn field about 1 mi. N of San Fernando, and at about the same altitude. I was able to get one specimen -- typical formosa.
In talking with Alvarez tonight I got the following dope regarding jays.
(1) The specimen of black-headed jay he took in January at Santa Rita was a solitary bird. He remembers nothing about calls it may have made. It was taken at the edge of a patch of forest near camp -- near a grassy area. He saw several Psilorhinus there at Santa Rita during his 4-5 day stay but they were not in the same flocks with Caloitta.
(2) Eight years ago he made a trip north west from San Fernando to a town called Quexchula, near the Rio Urijalva, in the true humid lowland Tropica. Brown jays were "very common" there. At a point 50 mi. N Santa Rita, this side of