K. Selander, 1953 Calocitta 13 Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico Oct. 15 Quechula there reportedly is a Cerro Chiquihuite where there is deciduous forest "like that at Sunidero" (the forest at Sunidero is mostly evergreen however). Alvarez has "some idea" of seeing Calocitta there 8 years ago, but he is not sure and he has no field-notes for that trip. 3 This year Alvarez (April) made a horse-back trip to a Rancho San Juan, 440 meters, just north of Monte de la Pluma. Says most of area has been burned - mycel coarse grass there now. Other vegetation "about like at Santa Rita" Alvarez reports brown jays were "scarce - not common" there. He says he found a nest there. About 4 birds (brown jays) seen each day. 4 Only other place in Chiapas he has seen brown jays is at Ocoringo, where they are "very common - thousands" No Calocitta. Elevation said to be 800 meters. Vegetation humid evergreen - "not like that around Tuxtla (i.e. the deciduous forest). Alvarez says it is possible to get to Ocoringo only by plane at this season. 5 Alvarez has never been north of Quechula, Rancho San Juan, Sunidero - so he knows very little about the area to the north of Tuxtla. 6 Road, or rather trail, to Quechula does not pass through Santa Rita and along the Rio Barrancan as I would have expected. Alvarez