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2 mi. N Tierra Blanca
May 20 pairs, widely spaced in the vegetation stand - apparently
a simple pair set-up as in humilis.
May 21 At a point 2 mi. N Tierra Blanca I hunted in a
dense stand of trees & bushes similar to that near
camp but greener with a few cactus type cacti.
The fields surrounding were grassier than those near
camp and there was less spiny vegetation. Many
of the trees (see photo taken from road-roll 26) are
same genera as those around Tonalá, Chis., where we
found humilis but the vegetation is more mesic
here than near Tonalá. I found one pair of refriuela.
I first noted the pair in a small tree ad in a fairly
large cactus-type cactus in the midst of the dense
trees-bushes. After watching them for several minutes
the ♀ flew to a thin-tree nearby where was located
in a crotch the base of a nest. I collected both
birds. The ♀ had 3 o.l. & a yolk in her ovicent yet
the test of the male were rather small. There were no
other refriuela present & I shot both birds together
after watching them behave in a pair-fashion for several
moments. The ♂ is a 1st yr bird, which may account for
the small size of the test - but there should be stern
in the testis - saves for examination. I could find
no nest in the general area, other than what appeared
to be the base of a nest in the thin deciduous tree mentioned
before.
I hunted for about an hour in situations similar