Field notes, v1602
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R.K. Selander, 1954 20 near Rancho Santa Julia, Chis., Mexico April 24 call but we didn't collect specimens. Alvarez says that he found "serval" nests in the area in addition to the one we reported in our article and that a doctor friend of his found "jivaro" in this area. It is also at Villa Allende where Alvarez reports hearing it. And at the edge of the "jungle" at Ocote, toward the Sierra Madre, Alvarez says it is abundant over the grassy fields immediately adjacent to the edge of the forest. In the rainy season he has seen it commonly around the museum in Tuxtla. Neither Paynter, who collected for a month with Alvarez at Rancho Santa Julia, nor Brockhole has taken this species in Chiapas as far as Alvarez is aware. Alvarez is certain that the species is present all year around at Rancho Santa Julia but thinks it is more common in the summer, in July. We heard teiurus (Crypturus?) calling and saw meadowlarks, social flycatcher, Turdus grisei, fork-tailed flycatcher, the gray-backed, black-keeled species (1 collected), Bob-white and 1A flock of 30 or more wood ilio (?) which flew up over a grassy hill and later settled in some large bare trees.