R.K. Selander 1952 August 2 Cerro Huizman, +/- 200 ft., 20 mi. W (by road) Vera cruz, Vera cruz , Mexico . Arrived here at 6:00 P.M., having taken 6 hours to drive the + 120 miles from La Puerta. Rain falling, very cloudy over a wide area. Frogs calling loudly from nearby ponds & flooded fields. Went to bed at 9:00, having taken 2 chloroquin pills for malariain prevention. August 3 Rain during the night, but sky rather clear at dawn. Had breakfast at 7:00 and went hunting toward the North. Our camp is located at the base of some low rolling hills which lie to the south. These hills are covered with a thick blanket of tropical vegetation. The fields between the hills are cultivated: corn and a gourd-like fruit tree being the major crops. A few stands of very large fig trees on the hills. Acacia trees (?) are rather numerous along the various trails. A thick carpet of herbaceous vegetation covers the areas not occupied by trees. Vegetation is so thick that hunting is possible only along the dirt roads or foot-paths. Birds very abundant but difficult to locate in the thick vegetation. Across the highway to the north there is an extensive swampy area bordered by a stand of very large trees. I should judge that we are located in a fairly ypical humid lower Tropical region. At 11:00 it became very hot, but cooled in the afternoon. Sky clear and a slight breeze blowing during the late afternoon. Lightning in the east at about 7:00 P.M.