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C. humilis
91
Rio Ostuto, 6mi. W Zaratanes
May 2 we do it is commonest variation of song,
almost every song is similar to we do it - without the second syllable.
Have a series shit or shoy - neal notes. Also hide a lot
collected the pair observed (#1) - F shows beginning of a
brood patch. This pair ranged into a fair sized guanacaste
near the nest.
Just after collecting the two birds (#1) which were together
and obviously paired - I heard another sing in the same
tree - a guanache - about 25 feet up. It answered my
imitations of its call. Collected it (#2), May have been a
bird from an adjacent pair or group?, in any case I had
not seen it before while watching the pair.
Nest in BHA 20 feet up. Single nest. Pair present. I shot
O which was singing. I went to nest - I tapped nest and
she flew out, perched, and gave a trill, quite long.
Later, I found humilis fairly common in a dry low
stand of acacia (BHA & others) and a guanache like
short tree. This stand was along the river or a dry draw
but well short from the water. This vegetation is same
as that near Arriaga where we hunted along the last
river near town - also similar to Acapulco vegetation
where this wren occurs.