Field notes, v585
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Davis 1942 68 Lake Omege, Zoo, Def't. Antiguél, El Salvador Feb. 12, 1942 Took a large Ameiva (1229) in some leaves at the trail's edge, just before turned off to go up the canyon. Took two Fan-tailed Warblers (1233 & 1234). The first was a single bird, feeding in the brush at the trail's edge. The second was with 5 or 6 Ant Tanagers and a fair of ant- shrikes, foraging over the rocks in the stream bed at the canyon bottom. When I shot, the birds flew into the brush. I retrieved the specimen, and found that I had dropped it in the midst of a large ant army which was proceeding up-canyon. This was the same situation in which I took a Fan-tail (1196) on Feb. 9. See notes for that date. After I had retrieved the bird, the other Fan-tails and the fair of ant-shri- kes returned & started to forage, but the ant tanagers did not return. I took the ? Ant- shrike (1235) whereupon the Fan-tails again flew into the brush, only to reappear and start feeding several minutes later. The ant Tana- gers, ant-shrikes, and Fan-tails, from what I have seen, feed on ants much of the time. Fan-tails look like rebels when they forage. They are very nervous and active, and fwitch the tail constantly, although they do not actually fan it very often.