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Restores
1941.
Journal 7.
July 22 Around Mexico D.F.
Left the Desierto after breakfast, collected two ferns & saw the following birds. Myioborus miniatus,
Mexican Junco, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Slate Chickadee,
Steller Jay, Brown Creeper, Red Sh.-Flyche, Golden-crowned Kinglet,
& Catharis occidentalis . Spent the A.M. in town doing errands, Went to Chapultepec Park & spent from 1 to
2:45 there. Saw the following birds there: House Finch,
Robin, Philegonys, Brown Towhee, Catharus aurantiviridis,
Bush Tit, Vermillion Flycatcher, Bewick's Wren, Iuca Dove,
Black-headed Grosbeak, & Song Sparrow. Went to the
National Park east of Toluca for the night.
July 23 Mexico D.F. to 12 hri. S. of Cuernavaca Morelos, Elev. 4500';
Around camp in the National Park (open spruce
forest & meadows) were (7-8:30 AM) Troglodytes
brunneicollis, Psaltriparus melanotis, Eugelcis
rubus, Pheustes slateri, Myioborus miniatus,
Pipilo macronyx, Junco Phaeonotus, Song
Sparrow, Empidonax (probably fulvipes), a
large swift (coloured white capped / & a ? Hummer, med.
size. white underparts, greenback small white corners
ontail - brownish on flaves. Drone into Mexico
& stayed until about 1 PM when we took the road
to Cuernavaca. Collected 3 ferns by the 23 km post:
saw Blue bird (wm.), Junco, Plagiospiza, Steller's
Jay, & Gould Kinglet 25km S of Mexico. Stopped 12
miles south of Cuernavaca & drone off on a side
road which led to a mesquite-covered valley