Field notes, v585
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Davis 1942 57 Lake Omega, 200; Rep't San Miguel, El Salvador Feb. 3, 1942. Crawling in the grass by the side of the road. Gealy brought in an Audub (1152) which he caught near the stream. Shot a Baird Quailcatcher (1153) from about 8' up in a tree in the grassland. It was with another bird of the same species, and both were foraging actively. In the evening, caught a Gecko-Cleo-myss nitratius- (1154) in the leaves by the side of the trail E of camp. Also a Sceloporus (1155) from the same type of place. This lizard was quite active, so there must be some nocturnal activity in this species. Feb. 4, 1942. In a.m. took an Alicia's Golden-tail (Hummer) (1157) from the same tree described in my notes of Feb. 2. Hildebrand gave me a Hooded Cactus Wren (1158) which he caught in a rat trap he had set in a tree for for Myctomys. Walked along the lake shore to a small fishing vil-lage about 1 ½ mi. E of camp. A native boy paddled me across to the shore of a large is-land a hundred yards north of the village. Took two Jacanas (1161-2) in the hyacinth at the water's edge. Also a Least Grebe (1159) in open water about 20yds. from the island. Both Jacanas and grebes are quite common; the for-