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Davis
1942
San Salvador, El Salvador
April 27, 1942
uncovered.
April 29, 1942
cought two more Goatodes fuscus in the same
place where I caught the three on April 27.
April 30, 1942
Today I left San Salvador on Ghorsi's truck.
We first went to Finca "Las Cruces," where we picked
up Hildelbrand, Marshall, & Tucker. Then proceed-
ed to Hacienda Chilata via the village of Galeo.
We stayed overnight at the main Hacienda house,
which had evidently been unused for some time.
May 1, 1942 The following day the Administrator, Don Augus-
tin Moran, took us to another house about a
mile & a half from the main headquarters of
the Hacienda. We had fine quarters. On the
way from the main house to ours, I collected a
Basiliscus, & Ameiva, and a Brownhead. These
lizards are all abundant here, particularly
Ameiva & the Brownhead. Basiliscus is
abundant along watercourses. South of our
house, and about 75' below it, is a wide, swift
stream with rocky bottom. In some places the
water flows through channels cut into the
sheer rock. Across the stream, the ground
rises sharply into the foothills of the Balsam
Range. These first-hills are covered with cop-