R. K. Selander, 1953 Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico Oct. 2 He speaks no English, but we were able to get along with out too much difficulty. It is so cloudy today that I can't get a good look at the lay of the land around Tuxtla. Bank of fog-like clouds hanging on the hill sides to the south. Rain falling in a drizzle all day with occasional down-pours. Hunted for 4 hours with rain falling all the while. Everything is soaked. There are good stands of forest due to the south of Tuxtla. Just south of the city on the sloping foothills the dominant vegetation seems to be a mesquite-like tree about 15-20 feet high with grassy under- blanket. Thuyothone pleurostictus is common here. In the draws along the hill it is wetter and there are extensive stands of broad-leaved trees - some of them huge. Fig tree ( Ficus ) and Mango are two of the species. Very dense vegetation - very rain-forest like, yet I understand from Alvarez that it is not true [illegible] rain forest, although it is wetter here than at Tuxtla. Species of birds noted was: Black Vulture - common - also seen everywhere around Tuxtla. A hundred or so at a garbage dump on the southern edge of town. Icterus pustulatus - common in many types of trees at Zapotal. Scardafella circa - about 15 seen around native huts and on the dirt road. Motmotus mexicanus - 5 seen, 3 shot. Prefer