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LIDICKER 1959 Journal (July 29 cont.) Mex Cormorant - 2 And. Caracara - 1 1 mi. beyond this point the road crosses the Rio Santiago. 10 migs N of the Rio we saw c DOR armadillo, 1 mi. further we saw an oriole of the hooded type. I could see the black throat patch & that the patches were brighter orange than the belly; it was larger than an ordinary hooded oriole. We also saw 2 juncos here which had bluish wings & probably an orange forehead, & dark rattle. Van Dammer - Ryeater. 26 mi. N of San Blas turnoff we saw a Green Heron, & 2 mi. further there was a DOR cat of some sort which was about the size of crossed out dog a crossed out bobcat, had a black tail with whitish rings, faint brown spots on a tan background. On the stretch from 19 mi. N of Rio Santiago's to 25 mi. N we saw 10 Jacanas. We also saw several more Mex. Cuckoo, crowd of Ants, 5 grebes & close of Blue-black Grosbeak. 27 mi. N of Rio Santiago's we saw a Pch - killed (Burtonian crossed out Ivory billed) Woodpecker. There were also fork-tailed kingfishers all along the road. 38 mi. N Rio Santiago we saw c meadowlark & 10 mi. further 2 Yellow winged Caciques (we had been seeing many vultures, but since this was the hottest part of the day, we didn't see any of the vultures). 53 mi. N Rio Santiago's we found 2 large iguana's DOR - we saved the smaller which was in better shape. Another mi. down the road we stopped