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
_Phloeoceastes guatemalensis guatemalensis_ (Hartlaub): Guatemalan
Ivory-billed Woodpecker.--Specimens (4): [Male], 40611, right testis 2
mm., left testis vestigial, 203.7 gm. (July 23), Pisté; 40612, sex? 212
gm., (July 28), and [Female], 40613, 218.1 gm. (July 30), Pueblo Nuevo
X-can; [Female], 40614, 189.2 gm. (August 15), 4 km. NNE Felipe
Carrillo Puerto.
_Dendrocincla anabatina_ (Sclater): Tawny-winged Woodhewer.--Specimen
(1): [Male], 40615, testis 2 × 1 mm., 35.7 gm., molting--5th primaries
and middle pair of rectrices ensheathed (July 17), 1 km. N, 13 km. W
Escárcega.
_Dendrocincla homochroa homochroa_ (Sclater): Ruddy Woodhewer.--May 20
seems to be the only previous date of record for breeding in this
species (Paynter, 1955a:171); our specimen extends the known season
nearly three months.
Specimen (1): [Female], 40616, ovary 13 × 6 mm. (ova to 2 mm.),
brood patch, 35.1 gm. (August 16), 4 km. NNE Felipe Carrillo
Puerto.
_Sittasomus griseicapillus_ (Vieillot): Olivaceous Woodcreeper.--
Specimens (2): [Male], 40617, juv., 11.2 gm. (July 26), Pisté;
[Female], 40618, ovary inactive, 10.5 gm. (August 15), 4 km. NNE Felipe
Carrillo Puerto.
_Xiphorhynchus flavigaster_ (Swainson): Ivory-billed Woodcreeper.--
According to Paynter (1955a:173), indications of breeding have been
observed in specimens of this species taken between March 27 and June
5. A male taken on August 15 had moderately enlarged (probably
regressing) testes and was well into the molt.
Specimen (1): [Male], 40619, testis 5 × 3 mm., 51.5 gm.,
molting--5th primaries and middle pair of rectrices ensheathed
(August 15), 4 km. NNE Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
_Lepidocolaptes souleyetii_ (Des Murs): Streak-headed Woodhewer.--This
appears to be the second specimen recorded from the peninsula (see
Traylor, 1941).
Specimen (1): [Male], 40621, testis 3 × 1 mm., 26.6 gm., molting--6th
primaries ensheathed, middle pair of rectrices are new (July 17), 1
km. N, 13 km. W Escárcega.
_Synallaxis erythrothorax_ Sclater: Rufous-breasted Spinetail.--Specimen
(1): [Male], 40622, imm. skull, 16.1 gm. (August 16), 4 km. NNE Felipe
Carrillo Puerto.
_Thamnophilus doliatus_ (Linnaeus): Barred Antshrike.--Specimen (1):
[Female], 40623, ovary 8 × 5 mm. (inactive), 26 gm. (August 14), 4 km.
NNE Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
_Formicarius analis_ (d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye): Black-chinned
Antthrush.--Specimen (1): [Male], 40624, 56.0 gm. (July 29), Pueblo
Nuevo X-can.
_Pachyramphus major itzensis_ Nelson: Mexican Becard.--Previous records
of breeding in this species are provided by a female obtained on July
12 (Paynter, 1955a:182) and a male taken on June 9 (Paynter, 1955b).
Specimen (1): [Male], 40625, testis 9 × 5 mm., 22.1 gm. (July 21),
Pisté.
_Platypsaris aglaiae_ (Lafresnaye): Rose-throated Becard.--All
specimens have extensively worn plumage.
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