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E. humilis
93
May 2-3 - C humilis - Condition of Skull
May 3
2150
2153
2156
just about finished
2157
2158
2173
May 3
Collected 19 wrens near camp on the Rio Guemal, 14
miles E Nitufec, 38 m. None were in breeding condition
but several were seen carrying materials to nests. I found
only pairs a possibly are trio. These birds don't occur
in large groups - rather pairs are evenly spaced and only
a single nest is built. I saw no situations where 2
or more nests were present. Nests invariably in Bull-
hornacacia - mostly 10 foot up or more in crochets.
Nest measure ± 10 x 8" - very small and little if any
Tunnel - several nests seen looked unfinished.
One bird I took today was carrying plant "wool".
As at Study Area #2 near Tonalá' the wrens occur
in the riparian vegetation such as guanacoster but
they reach abundance in the acacia-guanache stands
on sandy ground well back from the river. Details
the riparian situation is not the central habitat.
I found wrens in abundance in almost pure stands
of small acacia - Mimosa - small guanaches are