Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Hauken, James 1975 Journal Panama - Cerro Campana Motel Su-Lim ~ 140 m.elev, Cerro Campana, Panama Province, Panama 8 August Panama City and David, Chiriqui Province. The first few days in Panama City were spent, among other things, with getting jimped by four Panamanians along the Avenida de los Martyres just across the street from the Canal Zone. Luckily, they were only able to take my wristwatch and didn't get any money, travelers checks, credit card, plane tickets, or passport (all of which I was carrying at the time). Jim Lynch was not on the originally scheduled flight on 5 August as he had lost-up connection from St. Vincent, and the next two days were spent in Panama City trying to locate any messages from him or knowledge of his whereabouts (including visits to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and calls to Berkeley). He finally arrived yesterday morning, and shortly thereafter we decided to skip our planned visit to Barro Colorado Island and head directly to western Panama (as he has only ~7 days left for his visit). In Panama City we rented a car, bought supplies, checked in at STRI in the Canal Zone, and drove in the afternoon to Cerro Campana. After leaving the Canal Zone, which