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10 mi. NE of Cerro San Felipe, 7400 ft. Oaxaca, Mex.
July 16, 1946
Saw about 6, but they were extremely wild, and the one collected was taken at long range with 10's. Then drove back to the crest, 5 mi. NE of Cerro San Felipe, 8900 ft. Oaxaca, Mex. and collected 1 Honeyeater (Diglossa barbitula), and 2 Pipilo ocai brumescens. Other birds seen included Aphelocoma coerulescens, Troglodytes [brunericollis?], Hylocharis leucothé, Catharus sp., Basilatenuis belli. Drove back to Oaxaca, collecting 1 P.f. rutilus 4 1/2 mi. 4 1/2 mi. SE of Oaxaca, 5400 ft. Spent night in Hotel Francia.
July 17, 1946
Drove 10 mi. S. of Oaxaca in a.m. and hum-fed Brown Towhees. Then returned to Oaxaca, obtained gasoline & water, and drove to Mexico Puebla, Puebla, where we spent the night. Took 1 Brown Towhee on the way.
July 18, 1946
Drove from Puebla, Puebla to Mexico, D.F. and stayed at Azteca Courts. Spent the day around town. Sibley and I called on Helmuth J. Wagner, a professional collector who lives at 216B Avenida Colonia del Valle, & who has sent material to MVZ. We talked to him for some time. He said that he had collected P. rutilus at Toluacan, but that he did not remember where he had sent the specimens.