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Davis
1942
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N Slope Mt. Tacaguateque, 4600; Dept. Morazan, El Salvador
Jan. 9, 1942
about 5000' in altitude. Ran about of the coffee pickers who ruined whatever hun-
ting there was. The whole morning's hun-
ting yielded: - F Tityra semifasciata (1022)
one of a pair about 40' up in a dead oak.
The birds were calling in that froglike
manner, and were being answered by
other birds in nearby oaks. Centurus
auripons (F 1023) picking on a dead limb
about 30' up in an oak. In company with
another bird, and both calling loudly.
F Falco sparverius (1024) which flew to
the top of a dead oak and perched there, some
50' above the ground. The bird was silent &
sat with head drawn down between shoul-
ders, giving it a hunched, fluffy appear-
ance. Shot caught a frog at 3800' on the
north slope, and gave it to me. It is a
Hydrid or Leptodactylid. Another N. & day.
Jan. 10, 1942.
Went hunting with Marshall in a.m. Saw two
woodlurew feeding in an oak, and shot one. It was a
Guatemala Barred. Marshall went after the other, which
flew when I shot. He drove it back to an oak near
me, and I shot it also. It was a Guatemala Barred.
On skinning the birds proved to be a pair (10260', 1027 F