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L.Wolf
1964
Pipilo fusces
August 8 San E. Cuernavaca, 5700 +/- ft., Moxles, Mexico
found nest 4 1/2 feet up in short thicket. adult flushed from
nest containing 2 white eggs with rusous-brown spots.
August 9 San E. Cuernavaca
adult
flushed # 3 times during course of the morning. nest still
contains only eggs. each time flushed adult it flew off
to 5 to tree at edge of open woods. on second flight another
P.fusces immediately flew in to same tree to land next to incubator
& sexual ensued.
August 10 Nest - 7 1/2 feet up in Lactata-like shrub with short, scarved thorns.
outside - 13 dia x 10 cm deep
inside - 9.5 mm dia x 55 mm deep
Eggs- 24.5 x 20, 24.0x20.0mm- spots heaviest at large end.
nest of wild stems & grasses, solely grasses in interior, becoming
much finer on lining, few horse hairs in lining.
11:30 - ? (or adult) flushed from nest as I approached to check it.