Field notes, v589
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Davis 1957 24. Tecoman, Colonia Mexico. Nov. 11, 1957. shot as they flew off deeper into the brush. Tried to follow them, but could not get a shot in. A rich, warbled song from the area in which they disappeared was probably gi- ven by the male. By the Armenia river, noted 1 Little Blue Heron, and in open woods along the river bank, a flock of 5 or 6 Magpie Jays. The 3 flocks I have en- countered have been of about 5-7 birds each; Lissilofla, on the other hand, travels in larger groups, 10 or more. Hotel accommodations here are adequate, food lousy, weather hot. Nov. 12, 1957 Hunted again Ruiz E Armenia, near the Rio Armenia. We had seen probable Teclander Paintings at this locality on Nov. 7, and again yesterday, and we saw them again this a. m., this time a definitely identified ? On all three occasions, the birds were noted in exactly the same spot, probably a resident pair. Later I shot a ? not far from where we had seen the ? previously. The above occur- rences were all in identical situations, in bushy under- cover at the edges of clearings. No bird was ever seen to forage out into the open, or fly across an open face, but the birds seem to work through the brush, keeping low, or on the ground beneath brush, always a few feet in from an edge. Several Taragra affines were noted, +2 males collected. They kept very high in tall, rather twisted trees, 40-50 ft high, often perching at the very tip of a