Field notes, v1663
Page 129
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R.W.Storer 1941 Journal 9. July 25 12 mi. S.Cuernavaca to 35 KM. S of Chilpancingo, Guerrero. Phoebe, Aimophila acuminata, Cliff Swallow, Canyon Wren, *Piaya mexicana, Sturnus pust- ulatus, Aimophila humeralis, Black Vulture, Orchard Oriole, Red-eyed Cowbird, Mexican Black Hawk, Turkey Vulture, * Happy Wren, * Varied Bunting, "Spotted Wren", Groove-billed Ani, Red-wing, Colinus virgin. To where sp? (= nuttill?),* Volatinia. Drove to Chilpancingo & stopped at the Hotel Mexico to see Mr. & Mrs. Wilmot W. Brown who entertained us with beer & crackers & showed us some specimens which he had recently put up. He uses moulds of tin or aluminum for his bird skins & wraps them with thread after lining the mould with cotton. They ordered supper for us & told us many interesting anecdotes about their experiences. We left them about 10 PM & drove south for 35 km. & slept in the truck by the road as it was raining. July 26 35 KM. S. Chilpancingo to Piedra Cuesta, 8 mi. NW Aca pulco, Guerrero, Mexico. Drove to a pass in the Pine Belt 25 miles S. of Chilpancingo where we spent most of the morning collecting birds & ferns. The birds present were (*not seen by me): Turkey & Black Vultures, Mexican Goshawk Sallei's Zual, Inca Dove, Amazilia violiceps, Sauarothia vergilina, * Tityra semifasciata, Myiocharnes pertinax, * Xiphorhynchus flavogaster, Aimophila subfascens, Atlapetes pileatus, Monotus mexicanus, Thryophilus