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June 17, 1961  Frijoles

I. Tachyphonous (?) rufas (underlined)
     1 bird. Eyes open. Well feathered.  Primaries & tail
   feathers coming out of sheath.  Forehead still covered
   by (?Z) feathers.
     Nest on top of stump. Approx. 2-1/2' above ground.
   Surface of stump roughly circular, approx. 1-1/2' in
   diameter. New shoot growing out of stump, approx. 2-1/2'
   high.  Nest touching two shoots on one side, quite 
   exposed on the other side.Stump in the middle of rice 
   field.  Approx. 50' from the nearest record-growth 
   scrub. Field bordered by scrub, a few trees on all 
   sides.  Stump itself on upper edge of a steep bank.

II. Saltator albicollis (?) (underlined)
      2 birds.  Eyes closed. Downy.
    Nest in (?) small sapling. About 3 ft. above base of
    sapling.  Sapling leaning over water, at base of RR
    embankment. (?) and scrub behind it on the embankment.
    Rice field on other side of pool.  Very mixed cropland,
    breadfruit trees, record-growth scrub and forest 
    extending in all directions (?) out.