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on it. It was a very long
legged long-tailed bird which
we can't place as to
classification. It was near
an old hawk nest—probably
the same locality, but was
not breeding. There was another
bird calling in the woods
but I could not locate it.
In the same locality I
chased down a Pigeon
Owl, but failed to get it.
"It was giving a diminutive
screech owl whistle with a
quick on the end." It also
did the tail twitching stunt
the same as the bird cemetery
at San Salvador.
This morning we
started out by running
down some more Trogons.
I found they came fairly
well to call.
One of the birds was
a fumdee without the
iridescent colors. The
birds showed only moderate
indication of breeding.
While walking along
a row of trees by a
fence I flushed a
Pigeon from her nest with
one egg. It looked to be