R.K.Selander, 1954 May 28 "La Puerta" [ = El Puerto, Veracruz] good difference in their noises so that it would not be easy to confuse the two. Actually I had expected melori to sound more like zonatus than it does. The occurrence in groups indicate the same wind set-up as in zonatus. These worms look much like zonatus but seem to be less wary and tend to fly slower and to move shorter distances, they are rather easily approached as they forage on branches of the oaks where they are hard to locate because of their color and pattern. The most striking difference between this form and zonatus was the softer, less excited calls and movements. We located them by hearing several of the the linds calling. When I shot at one lind in a group the others usually moved onto the next tree when they began foraging again and occasionally one would remain behind in the tree lind would usually be silent. All linds were seen in mid or tops of trees - oaks about 20-30 feet high. Other linds in same habitat: Cyanocitta, Atlefela plicatus, Catharus, Pipilo erythrothalamus, also in area were Pipilo ocei, Turdus migratorius, black-headed grosbeak, Aphelocoma coerulescens?