the diary 1942 86 San Salvador, Dep't San Salvador, El Salvador Feb. 27, 1942 - March 4, 1942. In San Salvador making arrangements to go to Los Escosmiles. While at the government Agricultural Experiment Station at Taliba, Dr. Mario Levy San Severo, an official in the Dep't of Agriculture, gave me three snakes (1303, 1304, 1305) from his own collection, none of which I have as yet seen. He also ran across two specimens, 1 Odipus salivii, and a coecilian. He had collected the former, and given it to the late Mr. Calderon, whose job he now holds. He had no data on the coecilian. Calderon had sent these two specimens to the United States for identification, either to the Field Museum or to the U.S. Nat'l Museum. Since neither of these groups, salamanders or coecilians, have been recorded from this country, they must stand as the first records for the country. March 4 - left San Salvador & went to San Ignacio, Dep't Chalatenango, a small town at the foot of Los Escosmiles. March 5 - In San Ignacio, Dep't Chalatenango. March 6 - Proceeded to a point about 1 mile from the house in which we are to camp. The first part of the ascent was through the pine forest. This was succeeded by mixed pines & deciduous tree, which in turn was succeeded by nearly pure deciduous woods. From time to time we passed a wheat field flared on the side of some slope. Wheat is the principal crop of this area. After about