K. Selander, 1953 75 Tonalá, Chiapas, Mexico Oct. 30 at Tonalá'. Very important now to locate hemilii', if we can't locate hemilii' or more nigricaudatus in the next few days I will collect 75 or so chiapensis south of Tonalá' and then pull out of here for Truxtla because it is a waste of time here picking up a specimen or so every other day. Maybe the birds will be easier to locate during their breeding season. No - this is incorrect see 1954 notes The road from Tonalá' to El Caromen and other points does not run between the main mass of the Sierras and the dry hills as I hoped. Rather it takes a route almost parallel with the railroad tracks and this side of the dry hills. Oct. 31 all day trip on horse to Cabeza del Toro and Puerto Arieta. Chiapensis occur to within a mile or so of Puerto Arieta - where there is a rather sudden change from savanna to a low, dense, scrubby vegetation leading the water. If I smell a good beach at Puerto Arieta similar to that at Acapulco. Many turistas in March according to a man at Puerto Arieta. No one in Puerto Arieta knew of any urns in the vicinity. They were familiar with chiapensis, however, and indicated that it occurred more inland. No sign of hemilii'. I am puzzled as to how Brockel could find it "abundant" around Tonalá'. What season was he here? Certainly my experience shows it isn't