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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