Field notes, v589
Page 113
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Davis 1957 29. Tecoman, Colima, Mexico Nov. 16, 1957 Marshy nature of the lagoon edge. Jacanas were very com- mmon, probably 35-40 seen, and coots were abundant. One ringed Kingfisher seen. Returned to town, and drove out the road toward Cerro de Ortega. Few birds were seen, the only new species noted was 6 yellow-headed Black- birds foraging in a stock corral with a large flock of cattle. Ouis are very common throughout all the agricultural land, along hedgerows & overgrown fence rows. Caciques occur wherever trees occur between field fields. Nov. 19, 1957 Hunted along the road toward Colima, and for several miles along a rail near the spot which we had noted Rhodinocichla previously. After several hours, drove to Rio Armenia, 2 mi. E of Armenia, but it was too late for good collecting. At the first locality, noted one or Teclaucher hunting, and a flock of 5-6 magpie jays, the latter very wary, as usual. Nov. 18, 1957 Drove to a point 10 mi. NW Manzanillo, & hunted in dense palm-deciduous forest. Nothing new seen. Phloeocraster fairly common, but stayed very high. The best collecting area we have seen was 1 ½ mi. NW Manzanillo, which was the only well developed tropical deciduous forest encountered. The forests elsewhere are either mixed with palms or thorn forest, and the trees are relatively small. The winter-