Field notes, v589
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J. Davis 1957 Playa de Santiago, 7 Km. NW Munguillo, Colima Oct. 31, 1957 Several male, + 1 female Rogos were seen today. The species is apparently common here; found mainly in the dense forest, but the ? was noted in open woodland. On our return, a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was seen on a power line, near where one was seen on Oct. 29, + probably the same bird; it flew before it could be shot. Nov. 1, 1957. In the early a.m., drove to the Rio Marabasco, exactly 20 mi. NW of this locality. The river is the boundary between the states of Colima + Jalisco, and a few miles northwest of the river lies the town of Barro Haidad, Jal., shown on most maps. I made inquiry of several people about Lagula, a better C. Tamb locality, on the Colima side of the river, upstream, but no one had heard of the town, although it shows on most maps. The river is probably 200-250 yds wide, and quite shallow. Buses run regularly from Munguillo to Barro Haidad, + passenger cars can ford the stream here also. The road is paved most of the way, only the last 6 or 7 miles to the river unpaved, and not at all good. We hunted first along field borders & hedgerows about 12 mi. from the river, then collected along the river proper, in frisks of en brush + wooded areas along a trail. Grackles were abundant at both places, +3 were collected. I have referred to these as Blue-gray Grackles previously,