Hanken, James 1975 Journal Mexico trip 9 May extracted from crevices to which they would retreat at our approach. They were so abundant that often just peeling and pulling away any piece of gypsum would uncover lizards. I collected foraminifers (one from beneath a pinole in the forest), Sam Sweet collected at least six. Allen & Phyllis Green, meanwhile, working the surrounding forest, found a Crotalus pricei (~18" long) and two other lizards, possibly Urosaurus. We spent the night at this locality. The weather has been getting increasingly overcast; the rainy season appears to be finally beginning. In conversations with the manager of a hotel in Huatusco earlier today (a former American) we learned that, indeed, the weather of late has been unseasonably hot and dry. The rainy season would have been expected to be already in progress in the North (e.g., Nuevo Leon) and soon to begin in the South. The present drought has now lasted over nine months and several well-populated areas have only a few days drinking water left. Possibly this explains the apparent death of large numbers.