Field notes, v585
Page 317
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Lake Olomega, 200', dept. San Miguel, El Salvador Feb. 15, 1942 may back shot an El Salvador Ant Tanager and a Wet- more Ant Tanager. Feb. 16, 1942 Went back to jungle forest after two of other Spake-billed Flycatchers, but before reached the place where I had seen them the day before, I ran on to at least three other pairs in much the same type of habitat as I had had taken the one yesterday. After about three-quarters of an hour of stalking, I had just one bird (1260). After I shot the others stopped calling and I first shot two very small birds, perching motionless silent in trees about 10-20' from the ground. In the hand they proved to be Bent-billed Flycatchers. Farther through the jungle, where it thins out, shot a Manakin. It was solitary, perched about 15' up in a large tree. On the way back, collected a Placid Flycatcher as it perched Empidonax-like low in the dense undergrowth. In the open woodland, opposite a large cornfield, collected a Blue Bunting as it foraged through the underbrush together with Redstarts and Black and White Warblers. Van Rossem states that every Blue Bunting but one that he saw was in a cool, well- shaded habitat, as in canyon bottoms, but this bird was in open, sunlit brush at the trail's edge. The native hunter brought in a small Couplie (1259) which he found in the hills back of camp. This species has been taken in and near camp as well.