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Restores
1941.
Journal. 3.
July 18. 20 mi. W. Antiguo hereles to 6 mi. NE Jacala 5000', Hidalgo, Mexico
on the way: Cassadix, Mexican Crow, Caracara, Black
Vulture, Road Runner, White-winged Dove, House-Wall
Ani, & Couch Kingbird. At the Rio Tampax were
Rough-wing Swallow, Mangrove Swallow, & Gray-headed
Martin. Stopped at a point 33 miles south of Valles
where we sawa Seedeater, Chamaethylpis, Tiaris
olivaceous, Girard's Flycatcher, & Couch Kingbird.
Camped off the road in the pine & oak belt 6 miles
NE of Jacala, set traps, caught 2 Peromyscus. Went
to two nearby grassy ponds & collected Rana and
many ferns. (4 sp. Polypodium etc.)
July 19. 6 Mi. NE Jacala to Mexico D.F.
stayed in camp until 10:30 AM & saw the following
birds: Phyllogonys, Black-headed Grosbeak, White-eared
Hummer, Atrates pleatus (C.G.S.), Basileuterus
rufifrons, Ruby-cr. Kinglet (?), Catharis aurantiicristis,
Raven (C. coron), Turkey Vulture, Spotted Towhee, Red-sh.
Eclides, Calif. woodpecker, Brown-backed Solitaire
(Myiodynamaster obscurus) (gray breast, light brown
back, buffy wing patch (females?) and a sparrow-
like a Rufous-crown only paler (another race?).
Also Audubon Oriole & a small dark wren with a
superciliary (Nannarchilis leucogaster or Troglodytes
muscincolis). Heard a Trogon @ C.G.S. sawa Turdus grayi.
Between Jacala & Zimapas 10:50-12:30PM: Black
Vulture, Turkey Vultures, Couch Jay, and White-eared
Hummer.