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B. Hamilton
1967
Journal
Jun. 29
Nazi Department of Limn, Elev. 1000'-3000' 126 Km E. of Lima on road to Chacico and not finding road up steep hill We then went N. at first
Ford McCullom and I walked E up the hill looking for birds to shoot. The bush was vegetation with a scattered growth of Tillandsia
This is a Bromeliad, I have small box lies, an average distance of
710' between plants which may be averaged about 1' high. I guess
it is not surprising that no birds are seen here after dark in the
miles leads to the cotton fields when two men a cottonfield
There were several crops or either ready when there was few green
small trees and bushes, on the cottonfields there were many species
of birds but they were very difficult to shoot because of the abundance
cars. I finally managed to shot a Blue-Black Brasquet in flight.
plumage, Ford shot a dark plain Vermillion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus'
about dusk and shot a Creeking Brown Dove, Columbina cruzianus. Birds
then flew away the sun seen including American Kestrel, Falco spersonius
Brown-filled Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris, long-tailed Mockingbird, Mimus
tengicaudatus, Blue and White Swallow, Cyphochidon cyanoleuca, a brown
owl, Horned Wren, Troglodytes, zedon. One hybrid of Boreal owl discovered
running through the grass at dusk on large as one small but was observed.
Tentativus Minius was observed in Vermillion Flycatcher, aerial display and song
chirping, Sparrow Hawk-aerial display, Horned Wren-singing, Creeking Brown Dove-
sporting & captured. Other species were heard singing but not Blue-Black Brasquet
was heard in landing plumage, long-tailed Mockingbird was also heard
singing. 2 small sets (and singing with sister) with long tails were also observed.
Sparrow Hawk appears to be larger size than American bird. About 1800 we
finished back to Lima after our return to bring us ate at rest
and spent up some of the time we had collected,
thu, Thursday! and then went to bed stages and talks about domestic
arrangements for visit on new trip, but concludes as wait to fall.