Field notes, v1716
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50 LLW015 1963 Journal July 21 contd. Stopped 10 mi. S. of Hahuecan de Rio to record Lusty Sparrow songs. Recorded 2 different arising 0000 spaced about 50 yards apart. Heard 5-striped Sparrows - prob. 2- singing in densely vegetated arroyo below road. Not able to collect either. 5-stripe habitat After climbing up to plateau above Barranca we went back to Guadalajara we stopped to prepare specimens. In rocky, grassy, leguminous - tree + shrub hillside above road we heard Aimophila rufescens, A. refecienda, + A. rupestris. So here in Barranca de Obetor 4 species of Aimophilus occur + 3 occupy very similar habitat. Only the 5-stripe appears to have a distinct habitat preference. habitat of rufescens refecienda, rupestris Back to Guadalajara for supper + preparations to leave for Morelia + Tzitzio, Michoacan in the morning. August 1 Guadalajara, Jalisco to near Tzitzio, Michoacan (20 mi. S.E. Morelia) Up at 0700. Had breakfast + drove to market place. Sidewiped by bus outside market. Then to supermarket to shop. Back to hotel when bellboy has my gun repaired + cleaned. Then start east. Drive to W end of Lake Chapala on Mex.15 then turn north + follow road around lake. Edge of lake lacks much emergent vegetation except at east end where very shallow. Followed stream as went SW from La Barra to Mex. 15