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Guadalajara Jalisco, Mex. to Siera de Tafalpa? 7450 ft., Jalisco, Mex.
Aug. 3, 1946
Drove from Guadalajara 21 miles to the Autlan turn-off,
and 10 miles down the Autlan turn-off to Villa
Corona. B. fuscus was noted 1 1/10 mi. E of Villa
Corona. The country here is mostly cane-fields sur-
rounded by stone walls. From Villa Corona we re-
turned to Camino Nacional No 4, and drove 6.3 mi.
toward Mexicaltly, to the turn-off leading to Ja-
coalco y ciudad Guyman. 7/10 of a mile S of the turn-off
B. fuscus was noted. The road leads south along
the east shore of Lago de Atotilco, which is a
playa, but filled with water at the present time
because of the recent heavy rains. The eleve-
ion at the turn-off to Jacoalco is 5200 ft., and
the road rises a few hundred feet over a small
ridge, dropping down to the shore of Lake Atoto-
ilco at 4600 ft. 1/6 mi. past the turn-off Brown
Towhee were noted. One Brown Towhee was col-
lected 2 mi. NE of Jacoalco, 4550 ft. From here on
Brown Towhees were noted so frequently that the
population may definitely be called continuous.
The stretch from the turn-off to Sayula is flat,
the elevation at Sayula being 4700 ft. This repre-
sents a drop of 500 ft. from the turn-off, and
all most of this occurs within the first 4 miles.
The Laguna de Sayula lies E of the road, which
follows the lakeshore closely. LagunadeSayula