Field notes, v1345
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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.