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pairs
946
Pipilo fuscus
30.
4 mi. Wof Salazar, 9500 ft., Mexico, Mex.
July 26, 1946
patches, and many scattered bushes of Baccharis, and occasional maguey
hedgerows separating the turf pastures where the cows & sheep graze. Brown tow-
ees are seen out in the middle of the
pastures, and when alarmed they fly
farther out into the pastures, or fly into
the Baccharis. However, they are not near-
ly as wary as the birds hunted yester-
day. Sibley shot one & 3 more. Two of the
birds are molting. One is a juvenile, the
first juvenile I have collected thus far.
The gular patch under tail coverts are
dull, the sides are very dark, and the
posterior underparts somewhat streaked.
There are skull windows in this bird. The
iris of the adult ?'s is reddish-brown, and
about the same color as that of P.f.utilus.
Further, the birds have a mandibular tooth,
so that this character is apparently sub-
ject to much individual variation in
P. fuscus. Most of the birds seen today
were paired. One group of three was seen,
possibly a family group. The 3 adult ?'s
are in full breeding condition with enlarged
testes.