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R.K. Selander,
1954
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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.