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APRIL 6, 1949. CONT.
DROPS A SHORT DISTANCE INTO THE VALLEY. THE ALTITUDE HERE
IS 1500 FT. JUST ACROSS THE ROAD FROM CAMP IS A
SWAMPY AREA, WITH A TROPICAL ASPECT. MANY LIANAS AND
BROMELIADS IN THE TREES, IMMENSE LEGUMES, AND SO ON.
IT WAS A RICH AREA NERPETOLOGICALLY - LATER I GOT SEVERAL
HYLAS, LEPTODACTYLUS, AGALYCHNIS, BUFO, LEPTODEIRA, ETC.
IN IT. 2 OF THE 4 LEPTODEIRA MACULATA TAKEN WERE
IN THE BASES OF ELEPHANT EAR PLANTS, THE OTHER 2 UNDER
LOGS THE HYLA, (SMITHI I THINK) WERE AMAZINGLY ABUNDANT
IN THE BASES OF THE ELEPHANT EAR, 2 OR 3 TO A LEAF.
I GOT THE H. SMITHI & SOME VERY TINY LEPTODACTYLUS ON THE
6TH, BUT WHEN I PRESERVED THEM THE NEXT DAY, THE
SUN GOT TO THEM IN LATE AFTERNOON, AND DRIED THEM
OUT PRETTY THOROLY. KEPT THEM - MAY BE GOOD SKELETAL
MATERIAL. GOT A BURO AT NIGHT CROSSING THE ROAD.

APRIL 7, 1949, - 2 MI. N. OF LA RESOLANA, 1500 FT.
SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY IN THE TROPICAL AREA, EXCEPT
FOR SOME LIZARD SHOOTING IN THE DRY SLOPES WHICH
SURROUND THE SWAMPY GROUND. AMIENA, ANOLIS, 2
KINDS OF CNEMIDOPHORUS AND SCELOPS ARE HERE. I ALSO
GOT A LARGE PIPIENS UNDER A LOG IN THIS DRYER AREA.
GOT THE 4 SNAKES ON THIS DATE, AS ABOVE. THERE WERE MANY
FISH IN THE STREAMS, ALL MINNOWS. THE TREES WERE FULL OF
PARROTS, SOLITAIRES, AND DOZENS OF OTHERS. IT WAS ONE
OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL PLACES I'VE HIT, AND THE ONLY
THING WRONG IS THAT IT'S TOO SMALL.

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APRIL 8, 1949 - 2 MI. N. OF LA RESOLANA.

I RETURNED TO THE SAME AREA TO HELP THE
BOTANISTS COLLECT SOME OF THE ELEPHANT EAR (THEIR
NUMBER ON IT IS [blank space] ) IN WHICH I FOUND SO MUCH.
I GOT MORE OF THE FROGS TO REPLACE THE DRIED SERIES,
AND ALSO GOT SOME OF THE GRASSHOPPERS WHICH LIVE IN
THE LEAVES. WE LEFT HERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND
DROVE TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE ROAD WHERE WE STOPPED TO
COLLECT. IT IS QUITE DRY, WITH SCRUBBY OAK COVER, ALSO
SOME OF THE BARRANCAS ARE SOMEWHAT MORE MOIST.
THE HILLS ARE QUITE BARE. I PICKED UP AN [??]
WE DROVE INTO AUTLAN FOR THE MEET, AND I SPENT MOST
OF EVENING WORKING ON SPECIMENS.

APRIL 9, 1949 - AUTLAN, 3000 FT.
SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY CATALOGUING AND PRESERVING
WHAT I'VE COLLECTED RECENTLY. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
A CHANCE TO FIX THINGS RIGHT FOR 2 WEEKS, AND I
CAN CARRY LIVE STUFF NO LONGER. WE LEAVE MONDAY
TO SPEND THE WEEK HIGH IN THE SIERRA DE AUTLAN,
AND SPECIMENS WILL BE OUT OF PLAVE IN THE MULE TRAIN.

APRIL 10, 1949 - AUTLAN, 3000 FT.
DROVE WITH THE JEFES TO CHIANTE TO ARRANGE
FOR PACK ANIMALS FOR THE TRIP UP THE SIERRA. I DIDN'T
GO ALL THE WAY HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE GOOD COLLECTING
ALONG THE WAY. THE ROAD GOES 8 MI. E OF AUTLAN, THEN
ABOUT 6 MI. S. TO CHIANTE. IT IS IN THE VALLEY MOST OF
THE WAY, THRU DRY, DUSTY COUNTRY, WITH THORNY BUSHES,
MESQUITE AND SOME CACTI. THERE IS A LOVELY YELLOW
FLOWERING TREE, CALLED PRIMAVERA, ALL ALONG THE ROAD.