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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-