R. K. Selander, 1953 16 Tuxtla Gutierrez, 1800ft., Chiapas, Mexico Oct. 5 I am going hunting up to Zapotal again with Bonifacio, who was to meet me at the Hotel at 6:00. Expect to get green jay if it stays clear. Breakfast is not served at the hotel until 7:00 A.M. so will have to get some food for breakfast at the market place or buy something here at the hotel the night before when I go out collecting this early again. Still have a loose head cold; nose running quite a bit. It has been raining a good part of the night and everything outside is dripping water. My bird specimens are giving off a terrific stench - it is difficult to get them to dry in this weather but if the sunshine I can set them on the balcony of my room and they probably will dry in a day. Always said that there is no malaria in Tuxtla but I am taking no chances. Am taking Aralen on Thursdays and Sundays and have rigged the mosquito net over my bed. This is Arid Tropical Subzone country and malaria could occur here. Fog is rising from the river to the north of Tuxtla and also from an area to the east. - Collected 3 Calocitta, Arremonops rufinigratus a pair seen in gully near Tuxtla, frequently low shrubs; myrmices, 1 Wilsonia pusilla (very fat), 1 Empidonax albigularis (common), 1 Nuttallornis borealis, and 1 Setnea pustulatus