El Salvador field notes, v4515
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103. a pair of large parrots in a hole in a stub! But the one is impossible - There were many of the White Billed Ivory Woodpeckers in this same locality. Dad shot one of the large Amazona Parrots on the way, they were in fine condition, but were not bleeding. We saw our first Roseate Spoonbills in a flock of twenty. This at the entrance to the canal. Several White Egrets were in company. Aug 3. MM The keen report that the boatman told me of proved to be a coo-canut rookery, although keens evidently come here at night as evidenced by the many white feathers and plumage about the place. The coo-canuts were for the most part building and no sets were taken. I doubt if there were any eggs in the colony altho a few unsuccessful nets closed fair. The whole peripatola of the Belquad is white and black with