Field notes, v1602
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81 June 14 Hunted about 2 mi. from Oatepec in a gully and on a slope where there was good oak mixed with legumin- ous trees from lowlands. This was thicker vegetation than at Tzitzio but even so it seemed to be suitable habitat for gularis if not jocunea . There were some junipers mixed in with the oaks and also an occasional pine. 500 feet up the slope there was a good pine forest. Along the stream which was deep in the gully there were a number of small trees + shrubs + vines - mostly temperate I think. Saw blue-mockingbird, Bewick wren, black-headed grosbeak, silky flycatcher, goldfinch, Melospiza, Turkey vulture, painted redstart? but no Campylorhynchus. Hunted 2 1/2 hours. At 3:00 P.M. it began to rain so we left and drove to Toluca. In climbing over the hills from Tenancingo you cross some good oak and pine forest. Noted one of the places we had hunted near Villa Guerrero in good pine-oak forest. After Tenango you are in the Toluca Valley proper once more. The Taxco Mts seemed continuous with the southern extension of the mts from the Volcan de Toluca. They looked very large. 5 mi. S Tenango swifts were flying - weather stormy with the rain front approaching rapidly from the south. Shot 4/ Cypseloides and saw dozens more - also a swift about twice as large as the ones I collected. Veg.: pine forest - partially cleared - mountainous.