Field notes, v585
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Lake Oniega, zoo; Dep't, San Miguel, El Salvador Feb. 6, 1942 Egret or two on it. Also many Little Blue and Louisiana Herons. On Haldmeyer's is- land noted 506-Boothilled, + 1 adult Black- crowned Night, Herons. Near Oniega, saw about 20 Lesser Scaup. Also 20 or 30 Coots. Out in the middle of the lake saw 100's of Blue-winged Teal & 100e's of B? Black-bellied Tree Ducks. Mexican Lor- morants are abundant, both in trees along the shore, + on the lake, + Anhingas are fairly common in the reeson shore. Jacanas are very common along the shore, and Least Grebes everywhere out on the lake. Feb. 7, 1942. Went hunting w of Camp in a.m. Yellow Warbler (1176) in tree out in grassland; Or- chard Oriole (1180) in tree with several others about 1 mi. W of Camp; Treeted Flycatcher (1174) in Mimosa send; in the open forest Saltator grande (1177), Toddy Flycatcher (1178); Blue-Crowned Motmot (1182), and Blackheaded Trogon (1184). Shot a Royal- lapie Mythrotherax (1192) as it worked through some thick brush at the edge of cornfield. It behaved much as a Wren-st. In the dense jungle shot a Streaked-headed Woodbower (1186) as it spiralled up the trunk of a large tree. Hunted for reptiles