Journal 20 Feb. 1978. Quisis, nr. Purulhá; small waterfall in packed limestone cliff to N of rice (first + mod. class). Good strip & windy above Copalchí; some strips slopes had been cultivated. Lower slopes brushy & steep. Some rice hammers no maize. Tecumal had more modern buildings & gas stations. Up to San Julian. Then to Toots & back - past road. Then past Purulhá & on to Quetzal Paz, alt. 1560m. Raining; can't take away for the day. Conditions about same as in April 1977 visit. We put gear in Lemi's house & walked around. Saw Sphyrap varius varing on trunk, warblers, hummingbirds, big blackbird, oriole - but low overall & birds inactive. Eve - heard no Turmion or creek calls. Dogs, horses, chickens, turkeys around houses. Crows, osprey, various eagles; we saw a few; talkative to W. on hills, above clearings. We hope to establish a "base camp" here. 21 Feb. 1978. Drippy. Sws. G. brought food to tell us. G. had returned; talked with him. Then walked S. on road to visit Paul Bunting (Plantation Alto Tuma, alt. 165). More cleared area than last April, & same neighbor now. He & cousin, raising jimson, said that w. aid of John Campbell (Haleijar, Taylor), had trapped for students & taken about 6 birds, including Ridgway's tanager & a king vireo. Also had put nets for bats & taken about 5 birds, includ- ing scorpion & nectar-feeding. Intent on reptiles had been; appar- ently Campbell had been paying for them. Next walked to the university ranch, now overlooking road at middle of Canoa de los Quetzales; I saw located on paved road. Alt. from Semes' place. Met caretaker Lazaro Chajim; his Purulhá, rider motorcycle. He friendly & talkative, but little formal knowledge. Palanqued, board-sided house about 20 x 50', divided into lab, kitchen, & dormitory rooms. Only a boy w. concrete floor at present. The forest, tall broadleaf trees, hemlocks, rose steeply to W. No trails yet. Univ. now had at least 15 scholars (1500+ acres).