Field notes, v585
Page 113
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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-