Journal Y. Leite 1996 August 1 - Ilheus, Bahia We (Yuri heite, Leonora Costa & Raquel Moura) arrived in the afternoon and met Luiz Paulo Pinto (from Conservation International do Brasil - Av. Antonio Abrahao Caram 802/302 - 31275-000 Belo Horizonte, MG - telefax: (031)441-1795) at the Hotel Atlantico Sul (Rua Bento Berilo 224 - phone (073)231- 4668). We went to the IESBI (Instituto de Es- tudos Socio-ambientais do Sul da Bahia - phone: (073) 634-2179) to meet Keith Alger, the executive director and other staff members. He showed some maps of the region and presented some projects they are involved. After this we went to his house to meet his wife, the biologist Maria Cristina Alves, who is developing a small mammal research in the region with Luiz Paulo Pinto. She showed us a group of monkeys (Cebus xantosternos) and a porcupine in captivity. We also saw some small mammals (frozen) she trapped the week before: Micoureus demerarae, Marmosa murina and Oryzomys cf. capito. We went south to the town of Una, where we stopped to buy some stuff at the supermarket, and then to the final destination: Fazenda Bolandeira, 10 km S Una, Bahia, 15o21's 39oo0'W.