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LL Wolf
1963
Aimophila ruficeps
August 9 4 mi. sw. Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Spaced singing ♂♂ found on rocky, scrub-oak hillside
with A. mystica + A. notosticta. One juvenile collected
+ ♀ collected had enlarged vocal protuberance. Probably
still some breeding activity. Birds seem to frequent
open grassy areas rather than where ground layer
vegetation is dicots + thick.
August 10 4 mi. sw. Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Birds were are occasionally found in dense oak
scrub + several pairs seem to have territories in
this type of vegetation but in general they are on
more open hillsides than either mystica or notosticta.