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Alta Mira.
Tree Duck 
Guiraca Caerulea,
Flycatcher (fork-tailed)
Montezuma's (yellow tail.)
Dives
Meleagris 
Mimus 

Return to Alta Mira having secured my jackrabbits. 

Colunus  Shoot several specimens of the species found here. They are very abundant at Las Lomas and not at all wild.

May. 17.
Sciurus. Went hunting this afternoon for small gray squirrels and secured one specimen.
 
Tree duck. Shot one of a pair that I found sitting on the topmost branch of an old oak about 5 O'clock in the evening. The survivor flew and circled about overhead high in the air and alighted once or twice calling frequently for its mate. 

May. 20.
Northocercus. Shot a Tinamou this morning as it ran along in a narrow trail ahead of me.

Meleagris. Saw an old gobbler today fly from a patch of brush before an indian hunter and I were within 100 yds. of him, although we were not making any noise and were approaching the place very cautiously. This turkey and his mate have been seen several times lately not far from the same spot by native hunters but no one has been able to approach them.