El Salvador field notes, v4515
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siesta. Later we saw more of the Black Vultures along the beach. There were clozes of birds sitting about and would only move to get out of my way. about 3:30 we went up on one of the hills and there flushed a pair of Inca Doves from the thick brush. Later we flushed more and finally heard them give their double whistle coo. In the brush we also discovered some sort of Quail about the size off the Mountain Quails. The female had a flushy light brown or tan top, not quite conspicuous. The back was rich brown with tan or white streaks. The wings were similar. The neck was steel gray. The female was not too bright and seemed to have not crest yet we saw saw her very poorly. She had a call unlike something like a Mountain Quail but high pitched. The under part of the birds could not be seen. On the same location we saw several Flycatchers much