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J. Davis
1957
Pleyade Santiago, 1 km. NW Manguille, Cuba
Nov. 3, 1957.
Two years for male to achieve fully adult, gray + rose plumage. Western Flycatchers were noted commonly in the palm forest, & in adjacent deciduous forest + thorn scrub. Sawtine of Pale-Red Warblers. Western Tanagers were heard several times in palm forest.
One Tolaco albicollaris was noted, perhaps 75 ft up in a very tall deciduous tree at the edge of the palm forest. It made several flights from, & back to the same tree, but could not be collected. This situation arises frequently here. One sees a bird, perhaps desirable, but either cannot get anywhere near it, because of the impenetrable vegetation, or if within gun shot, cannot shoot because the bird would drop in such dense vegetation that he could never be found. I have passed up a number of shots for the latter reason. It would merely waste a skill to needlessly kill a bird when there is no hope of recovering the specimen. Tuftys, apparently travelling in fairs, were heard several times today, al-ways high in tall trees.
Nov. 4, 1957.
In a.m. hunted along the Rio Maratabaco, 24'1/2 mi. NW Manguille; 400 ft altitude, according to my altimeter. Notable today was the presence, in open woods along the river, of E. Kailli; several heard, + one collected. This species was not noted on our previous visit. Possibly a migratory wave passing through. Also