Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoKlaas, Erwin E.
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Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Klaas, Erwin E.
Birds -- Yucatan Peninsula
_Nyctidromus albicollis yucatanensis_ Nelson: Parauque.--This species
was especially common in the vicinity of Felipe Carrillo Puerto and on
Isla Cozumel, and was seen at every collecting locality. A flightless,
juvenal female was obtained by local boys at Pisté on July 21.
Therefore the reproduction period seems to be longer than Paynter's
(1955a:141) data suggested.
Specimens (5): [Male], 40512, testis 7 × 3 mm., 75 gm. (July 10), 5
km. S Champotón; [Female], 40508, juv. (remiges and rectrices
ensheathed basally), 44.2 gm. (July 21), Pisté; sex? 40510, 55.5
gm. (August 8), and [Male], 40509, testis 3 × 1 mm., 73.5 gm.,
molting--outermost two pairs of primaries ensheathed (August 10);
3-1/2 km. N San Miguel, Isla Cozumel; [Male], 40511, 72.9 gm.
(August 15), 4 km. NNE Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
_Caprimulgus salvini badius_ (Bangs and Peck): Salvin's Whip-poor-will.--My
only record of this species is provided by a female (40513) taken 3-1/2
km. N San Miguel, Isla Cozumel, on August 8. The specimen weighed 58
grams, had an inactive ovary (6 × 4 mm.), and was molting (8th and 9th
primaries ensheathed).
_Chateura vauxi gaumeri_ Lawrence: Vaux Swift.--This species was seen
at almost every locality visited. The only specimens obtained were
brought in by a boy at Pueblo Nuevo X-can on July 30; he said he
captured them in his house. Two of them were adults and four were
fully-feathered young-of-the-year.
Specimens (6): [Male], 40516, testis 4 × 2 mm., [Female], 40519,
ovary inactive, [Male], 40514, juv., 12.6 gm., [Male], 40515, juv.,
[Female], 40517, juv., and [Female], 40518, juv. (July 30) Pueblo
Nuevo X-can.
_Campylopterus curvipennis pampa_ (Lesson): Saber-wing.--A female
(40522), shot 7-1/2, km. W Escárcega on July 16, seems to provide the
first record of breeding (ovum 6 mm. in oviduct) by this species on the
peninsula. A non-breeding female (40521) that weighed 5.0 gms. was
taken 4 km. NNE Felipe Carrillo Puerto on August 14.
_Chlorostilbon canivetii canivetii_ (Lesson): Canivet Emerald.--This
bird was seen at all localities at which we collected on the mainland.
Specimens (4): [Female], 40530, ovary moderately active, 3.0 gm.
(July 22), [Male], 40525, 2.1 gm. (July 23), and sex? 40526, 2.9
gm. (July 25), Pisté; [Female], 40529, ovary inactive, 2.4 gm.
(July 26), 3-1/2 km. N Pisté.
_Chlorostilbon canivetii forificatus_ Ridgway: Canivet Emerald.--The
specimen is slightly larger than those taken on the mainland and is
clearly referable to _C. c. forificatus_, a subspecies endemic to Isla
Cozumel.
Specimen (1): [Female], 40534, ovary inactive, 2.8 gm. (August 8),
3-1/2 km. N San Miguel, Isla Cozumel.
_Amazilia candida candida_ (Bourcier and Mulsant): White-bellied
Emerald.--This species seemed to be the commonest hummingbird at most
localities on the mainland. However, it was not seen along the coasts.
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