Field notes, v504
Page 165
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nald (Steven). 1965 21 June Oaxaca to tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico c/o Mex. Hwy. 190 Sighted a group of Iuca Doves outside motel room @ Oaxaca Courts, Oaxaca (Scardafella iuca), Arid tropical thorn-scrub grading into tropical deciduous in lowlands - sighted Motmots (3) Motmotus mexicanus Magpie jays (4) Ortalis vetula Lesser Road-runner (2) Geococcyx velox Kiskadee Flycatcher (1) Pitangus sulphuratus Blk. Vultures (~36) Coragyps atratus turkey Vultures (~24) Cathartes aura several adult Genosaurus + ~24 Guemidophorus 21 June Vicinity of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico Lush road side vegetation (Palms, Jacarandas, woody-spray leguminose...) - rainwater accumulated in road side ditches. Sighted Boat-tailed Grackles - Cassidix mexicanus Crooze-billed Ani - Crotophagus sulcivostis Common Egret (1) Casmerodides albus egueta Roseite Spoonbill (1) Ajara ajaja several flocks of parrots 21 June 4 mi. E. Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico Collected in & about the ruins of a brick house! surrounding area flat plain w/ numerous spiny legumin. ~ 2-3 meters high.