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Lh Wolf
1963
July 31
Aimophila quinquestriata
Barranca de Olatos N of Guadalajara, Jalisco
#2129 - 17 mm. green caterpillar & mostly digested mulberries
fruit in stomach.
food
founds 5-stripes - one or two singing ??, in small
groups as we came close to Rio Verde on North side.
habitat
Seemed to be restricted to densely vegetated arroyos - closed
canopy + dense ground cover - mostly herbs + not grass.
Chased one up to edge of dense scrub whence it flew back
toward stream. Saw no ?? for certain, but from ?road
condition or this must be breeding season.
voice/Song impossible to distinguish from Sonora birds.
August 26
20 mi. e. of Mazaton, Sonora, Mexico
2415 plumage worn, no molt, enlarged cloacal protuberance.
2416 plumage worn, no molt, enlarged cloacal protuberance.
2420 plumage worn, no molt, enlarged cloacal protuberance.
2419 plumage worn, no molt, brood patch.
2421 plumage worn, no molt, brood patch.
2422 plumage worn, no molt, enlarged cloacal protuberance
hand-shelled egg
2423 plumage worn, no molt, brood patch. fine white in shell.
voice
2424 plumage worn, no molt, enlarged cloacal protuberance
Found birds either singly or in family groups.
? with egg in oviduct was alone when collected.
?? still singing + I think ?? with 3 young (2416) was
singing as I approached area when family was.