Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
91
Vicinity of Tepic
June 20 drove S of town to try to locate hamadryas calling areas - supposed to be 3 mi. SW, 3mi. W, and 6mi.
SW Tepic, 3300 ft., There is a mt. SW of the town covered with dry pine forest & someone to hunt
you must go S more than 6mi. to work into the
wood. hamadryas may have actually taken a dirt
road (if there is one) SW of town to get to this forest
in 3 mi. - but I don't it. Rained hard just
as I was going to head up the hill into the pines,
so we returned to the hotel - went to a movie.
Feeling a little better today but we both have
colds & can't seem to get rested, despite a good
sleep last night.
June 21 Drove to a point 12mi. S Tepic, 3100 ft., where I hunted for
in low oak stands for several hours. Calcutta was fairly
common and I collected one. Calls very similar if not identical?
with those of birds in Chiapas. Green jays present. Trogodyte
sp. common & singing. Also a motmot and a large trogon
present. No cootus were.
hunted for several hours 7mi. W Tepic, walking up to
top of dry pines on top of hill. No cootus were.
Frost being cleared for agriculture.
Then drove to Mazatlan, descending to coast thru a
long winding barranca soon after leaving Tepic.
Good wild tropical veg. extends for up this barranca.
Stayed night in a motel.