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Gilmore
1926.
El Mayor 30ft. Lower Calif. Mexico.
April 24.
154. Icterus bullockii ♂ 30.5 G. Killed from small willow while in company with a mate.
155. Icterus bullockii ♀♂ (im) 29.5 G. Killed in willow clump while with mate.
156. Myiarchus cinerascens c. 24.6 G. Killed in willow thicket low down.
157. Tyrannus verticalis ♂ 33.8 G. Killed from tall willow next to camp.
157. Lizard Shot while running in sticks under willow thicket.
Went hunting in the early morning and had no trouble in killing the birds. Many Sophornyx gambelli were in pairs, the cocks calling loudly in their single shrill note from thicket bush fence post and willow tree. Many Icterus bullockii were to be found among the willows, often first betraying their presence by their rapid chattering song. Many Tyrannus verticalis Pipilo aberti, Petrochelidon lunifrons c. and Stelgidopteryx serripennae. The swallows fly in bands of from 5 to 70 over the willow thickets and water. They were sometimes to be found perched on a willow branch at the water's