Field notes, v541
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Boeff 1964 7 Flores mason, &l 4800 ft. Chihuahua mex. April 24 (cont) Birds seen Blue heron - 1 Green heron - 1 collected Coot - 2 in pool or creek Mexican Duck - 10 Mallard & This drake was with 8 mexican ducks. On the ground and in the air it stayed close to a F. Diaz duck. Blue-winged teal - 2, 7. Green-winged Teal - 6 Shoveller - 3 Buzzard - 4 along the road enroute Swamsons Hawk - 3 along the road en route Harris Hawk - 1 feeding on road killed Jack rabbit. Sparrow Hawk - 2 along this road Scoled quail - pair Killdeer - 4 Spotted sandpiper - 1 Mourning dove - Abundant at Ojo Layuma ad at Flores. Some are cooing and displaying but most are in flocks and appear to be migrants. I killed 4 at one shot for the pot. The three F showed enlarged testes, the ova of the F appeared dormant all