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I got a pair of this fine species on an oak tree in an arroyo about the town.

Piaya, a specimen skinned today was very fat.

(4994) A large species same as 4973.

4996. Greenish species with white streak over eye.

4997. Spinus notatus.? Has black head and throat and black wings crossed by broad yellow band.

Jan. 13.
Peromyscus. A medium sized species from among the oaks usually live mingled with the pines or grow along the lower border of the pines.

Reithrodontomys. The species found here probably nests in bushes and small trees and is at least partly arboreal in habits for I caught one last night in the hollow of an old oak at a point of least 4 ft. from the ground.

Climate. Here it is very damp and the country very similar in character to that a little above Jalapa V.C. but I think the rainfall is less here.

Jan. 14.
Mannikin [[Manakin]]. Keeps well up