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80  Atlixco
Quiscalus macrourus.  common.  They forage about in fields like Q. major and blackbirds in general.  I saw them several times fly in from foraging trip in the fields and alight on the trees and castor plants near a large pond.  They would gather very closely together and hop about as though searching for food on the plants.
Spinus p. mexicana. Common about the fields.
Carpodacus fron. mex. Common.
Habia melanocephala.  Common among bushes around the fields where they may often be seen hopping along the branches and from one
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to another probably searching for insects.
Guiraca c. eurhyncha.  Common
Ammodramus. Quite common among the damp fields below town.  This species is white below.
Pipilo fuscus.  Common.
Amphispiza mysticalis. Common mostly on the hills.
Spizella soc. Common.
Peucaea.  Very common nest on ground or low bush according to two observations made here.  Both nests were the same material grass roots with straws on the outside.  Eggs pure white
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