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Davis
1942
70
Lake Olomega, ZOO, Depto San Miguel, El Salvador
Feb. 12, 1942
When I returned home Hildebrand gave me a Green Kingfisher (1231) which he had shot at the lake shore, and Tucker brought in a Bufo (1239) which he had collected on the Hyacinth- grown mudflats near the town of Olomega. I believe it is a young individual of the large toads which call so loudly at the lake shore at night (P. marina?).
Feb. 13, 1942.
Hunted N.W of camp in the open woods. Took a Lichtenstein Oriole, Green Woodpecker, & Streaked-Headed Woodcreeper. The green woodpecker is not nearly as common here as on Tut. Cacaguatipa, but they are seen occasionally. Took a Beardless Flycatcher from some scrub bordering a cleared field. This bird was one of a pair in the same brush. The sharp two- part call- note & tiny size identify this bird immediately. Where the open woodland meets the dense jungle forest I shot a Summer Tanager as it was tearing apart a large caterpillar, also two flycatchers (yellow-bellied?). In the p.m. collected an Ovenbird (Seiurus) from the dark, well-shaded underbrush bordering the trail leading east of camp. The bird was walking about on the ground, foraging in typical Ovenbird fashion.
Feb. 14, 1942
Spent most of today in camp. In the a.m. took a Relatrix