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Rustown
1941
Journal 15
Aug. 1. Boca del Rio to 8 miles W.N.W. Jalapa, 7500', Vera Cruz, Mexico.
W.N.W. Jalapa, 7500', in Vera Cruz for the night. The camp
was on lava rocks and the vegetation was largely
Pine, Baccharis, Pteris sp., assortment of agave, some older,
and an abundance of ferns (collected 22 species)
including a Botrychium & Ophioglossum. Set 16
mouse traps & caught one young Peromyscus.
Aug. 2. 8 mi. WNW Jalapa to 40 miles E Puebla, 7000', Puebla, Mexico
Stayed in camp until 5 PM. Birds seen around camp
were: Whip-poor-will, Trogon (Mex?), White-eared
Hummer, Red-shafted Flicker, Hairy Woodpecker,
Empidonax affinis, Slate-blue Jay, Brown Creeper,
Catharis (sp? heard), Troglodytes brunneicollis, Black-
leaded Grosbeak, Athapetes pileatus, Plagiospya, &
Junco phaeonotus. Left camp & drove to a point 40
miles East of Puebla (204 km. Post) & camped in a
mixed Spruce, Pine, PiƱon, Oaks, Yucca (tree), &
Baccharis association. Set 10 traps & caught 1
young Peromyscus (discarded) Coll. Blue Umbel.
Aug. 3. 40 miles E Puebla to 57 km. East of Mexico City
Birds seen around camp in the morning were:
Trogon (sp?), Turkey Vulture, Poorwill, White-eared,
Violet-eared (Colibri), & Blue-throated Hummer, Hylo-
chates pertinax, Empidonax difficilis, Empidonax
(sp? wr: very gray with white wing bars), Couch Jay,
Black-eared Bush Tit, Slate-blue Jay, White-breasted
Muthatch, Robin, Olive Warbler, Mexican Goldfinch,
Red Crossbill, & Towhee (sp?). Left about 12.45.