C. Koford 1957 Thamnophis punctata 23 January 1957 Barro Colorado Is, C. Z. Nest found 50yds. Nof AVA 12, about 7' from trunk of 2' drain tree in 10' tall shrub, 1' from central stck or lateral branch. Woven of five loblack roots, hanging betwen fork of branches. About 3" drain & 3 deep. Bird flushed. A or seen 5 yds. distant. Two eggs in nest, apparently fresh. Pale buff with fine to coarse red-brown spots, especially toward end. Also seen & examined by Frank W. Preston. Bocanegra said a snake would get the eggs if we touched nest (by smell). Next day eggs gone, & I took nest). Nest had fieldgrown moss, chenille-like, inter woven, about 8' above ground. I have seen several similar old nests; this first w/ the eggs found by me (Boca found it). When eggs gone at 3 pm on 24 January 1957, the thin shrub appeared uninjured, so perhaps snake or bird took rather than mammal. 2 March 1957 Remains most commonly seen & heard bird in the forest.