Field notes, v585
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Davis 1942 N slope Mt. Tacaguate, 4600', Ref: T. Morgan, El Salvador. Jan. 5, 1942. and disappeared in a tangle of vines and bu- shes. By the time I had negotiated the 70 or 80' to the bottom of the bank, the effects of the recent fever bout made themselves known. I did not find the bird, & by the time I had scrambled to the top again, I decided to call it quits for the day. Adrit gave me a frog (1005) which he caught in a stream at 3800'. Jan. 6, 1942. Hunted reptiles in a.m. Shot & Sceloporus ma- lachiticus from the top of a pile of oak logs. There were three very small Sceloporus on this wood- pile, which appeared as though recently hatched. Took an Ameiva undulata from some weeds by the side of a road. Also a ? Xiphocolaptes promerop-i-rhynchus (1006) as it latched up the side of a large tall creeper-fashion. Scared a ♂ S. malachiticus from a fallen oak, and it disappeared under the trunk. Went back to same spot in p.m. and found lizard only a few feet from where I had seen it in a.m. Evidently these lizards are restricted to the imme- diate vicinity of their shelter tree or log. Obtained the specimen. Marshall gave me an Ameiva which he col- lected in this area. Took 2 Sepidocolaptes affinis (1067-8), both ♂'s. They were foraging creeper-fashion on an oak. I shot one, and the other flew to an oak