Saira 1942 59 Lake Onega, Zoo; dep't San Miguel, El Salvador Feb. 5, 1942 Brown Skink (1172) as it crawled over the fallen leaves by the side of the trail. This appears to be the same species as that taken at Tronquito, but the brown is more golden and not as dark. Feb. 6, 1942. John Tucker and I went over to Onega in a dugout. On the way, stopped off at two islands near the town. One of these islands was once the site of the summer home of Dr. Max Holtreyn, where Sturton Van Rossem, Alden and Joyce Miller made their camp when they collected here in 1926. Nothing remains of the house but the rock foundations. The other island lies but 100 yds to the N.E. Both of the islands are wooded, with dense stands of bamboo at the water's edge. The vegetation is well chalked up with heron cormorant droppings. No reptiles but Iguanas were seen. On the way over I shot an Anhinga (1173) from a tree at the water's edge on a large island opposite the fishing village E of camp. This was my collecting for the day, but noticed hundreds of Snowy + American Egret, with the former commoner by about 2 to 1. Almost every patch of floating lily-pad, however small, has an