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Polyborus cheriway. Only 2 or 3 birds were seen on the plain.
Colaptes cafer.
Rather common down among the pines near Perote and up to timber line.
Swift.
Several black ones were seen just above fir belt.
Trochilus platycercus. Rather common in the lava bed where the [[were working?]] about flowers. I did not find out whether for honey or insects.
[[P?]]tocoris. Common on the plain.
Empidonax.  Found the nest of a very dark colored species on a
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35  Perote. [[strikethrough]]Huamantla[[/strikethrough]]

shelf in a cave about a mile above town.  The shelf was about 10 ft. from the ground.  The nest was constructed of moss and fine grass and contained three white eggs with some blotches of brown about the size of pin heads on larger end.
Corvus. A species of this genus was rather common.
Aphelocoma sumichrasti.  Common along base of Mt. at Perote and among the pines & piñons in the lava bed.
Agelaius phoeniceus.Only one or two specimens were seen on the plain.
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