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Tzitzio
June 6 species with uniform brownish or grayish color & a
truncated tail which was often partially fanned.
The Poryptilas were easily recognizable by their dark
coloration, large size, and by the fact that they
apparently have almost no tail in flight. The call is
somewhat similar to that of Chordeiles minor but is
less nasal. In flight they look superficially like a
small night hawk. Took several photos of the
specimen. Several swallow-tailed swifts were flying in same
area with the swifts.
June 7 Hunted 1 1/2 hours around camp & collected 2
more gularis - one a full-grown juvenile. The
juvenile was in company with other birds. Again
I found these were in the larger trees - oaks or
thorn bushes or trees, (Spec. labeled 1 mi. NW Tzitzio).
In the late morning we drove down to 1 mi. NW of
Tzitzio where I hunted along a thickly wooded
(thorn-trees) gully without luck. As we were
returning to our old camp site I saw a vixen cross
the road & fly up through a pasture to broad oak-
about 75 yd flight in air. As I approached the
bird moved twice to other oaks. There I found three
birds (incl. the one I was chasing), two of which I
collected. One flew to a low-thick thorn bush where
it remained concealed for several moments before
I managed to collect it. Another flew a long distance
away over open grass-woodland to a distant clump.