Field notes, v1603
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R. K. Selander, 1954 Caloitta formosa 2 Aramo San Fernando, Chiapas, Mexico April 26 and I doubt that the day's word is to be trusted. The people here tell a variety of stories -- for example, just yesterday Ruben Diaz tells me that the only [illegible] fox that has been seen in this area is the one taken by Alvarez. Then later he mentioned that Enrique Lopez saw one, but this may be the one collected by Alvarez. April 28 La Florida, 9 mi. NW San Fernando and return. -- Left home of Diaz's with Ruben Diaz and his eldest boy on horse -- and mule -- look at 7:00 A.M. About 1 mile north the trail branched into 3 trails -- one heading north to Santa Rita, one heading W to El Saz (misspelled "El Sosa" on tape and in previous notes), and the other heading NW to La Florida and Quechula. We climbed over a dry hill with vegetation similar to that around San Fernando. At a point + 2 miles along the trail I saw two Psilorhinus mexicanus across the valley flying up the hill over some large trees near a casa. We noted several Caloitta formosa in this general area also. At a point 5 mi. NW San Fernando we entered a fair stand of "[illegible]" or subdeciduous forest below the "cloud forest" type of vegetation found at El Saz and on several of the higher ridges north & west of San Fernando. I took one green jay just after we entered this stand of forest and a very short distance on two Psilorhinus called from