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Lupilo fuscus
44.
Sierra de Tapalpa, 15 mi. W of Sayula, 7460 ft., Jalisco, Mex.
Aug. 5, 1946
Collected 2 adult males, both solitary, silent birds. One was taken from a stone wall sur-
rounding a large area of pasture and corn fields. The other was taken a short distance out
in the field, as it sat on a hawthorn bush.
Sierra de Tapalpa, 15 mi. W of Sayula, 7460 ft., Jalisco,
Mex. To Guadalajara, 5200 ft., Jalisco, Mex.
Aug. 6, 1946
Drove from our camp back to Sayula at about
10 a.m. The grade down to Sayula looks good
for Brown Towhees. The oak-pine association
drops out about half-way down, and a xero-
phytic association comes in. There are numerous
fields and small settlements all the way down,
and this grade would certainly be no barrier
between the Sierra de Tapalpa population and
that of the Zacualco-Sayula Valley. From Sayula
we drove to Ciudad Guzman, formerly called Zapot-
lan, and the type locality of P. F. Jenebrosee Van
Rossem. The road out of Sayula leads east about
3 1/2 miles, and then turns south. A Brown Towhee
was seen at this point. 4 mi. from the turn-off
south we reached the crest of a ridge at 5200 ft,
500 ft above Sayula. This ridge does not consti-
tute a barrier to P. fuscus. 5 1/2 mi. past the crest
of the ridge Brown Towhees were noted. 11 mi.