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Selander,
1954
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Toluca to Temascaltepec
June 2 Drove from Toluca a few km. W where the road turns
to Temascaltepec and Sultepec. The road is in terrible
condition and it is possible to go only about 6-10 mi. per
hour. Passed through forest stands of pine, then
several good stands of fir (large trees). On shoulder
of the Volcande Toluca the land is fairly flat - meadow
rimmed with stands of pine - fir being not too common.
After passing over the shoulder of the Volcan the road descends
trough similar country, crossing several canyons.
Finally we reached Temascaltepec canyon - one of the
largest in the area and descended to about 7500 ft
when we camped in a stand of tall oaks for the night.
There seems to be plenty of habitat for megalopterus all
along the way - and the oak-pine forest at head of
Temascaltepec canyon is probably very good habitat.
June 3 Descended Temascaltepec canyon, passing Real de
Arriba about 3 mi. E Temascaltepec. Before reaching
Real de Arriba we stopped and hunted in pine-oak
near a small stream - finding Ptililo fusceus and
Aimophila rufescens. Bonnie thought she saw a Coctius
wren (gularis) in a thicket by the road. Descending
to Real de Arriba we found pines on the top of the
canyon and a stands of mixed-oak - other broad-leaf
temperate trees in the gulleys. Not a great deal of land
is farmed owing to steepness of canyon, but on level
areas on either side of the canyon the dry pine forest
has been cleared and planted. The vegetation around