Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Hanken, James 1975 Journal Panama - Cerro Pindo area Audubon Society Cabin along road to Cerro Pintu, Nueva Suiza, Chiriqui Province, Panama 11 August about the possibility of renting houses. According to Mr. Hamuly there is still only one trail (not for autos) to the Divido, and once there there are is not rail nor inhabitants N of the Divido until a point ten miles from the Carillean coast. After leaving Mr. Hamuly we settled into the Audubon cabin. Shortly before dark Jim and went for a walk and saw another new bird, the common sooty-capped bul tanager, Chlorospingus pileatus 13 August Yesterday morning Jim Lynch and I left at ~8AM and E through the town of Cerro Pintu to investigate the Boquete trail. After passing through Boquete Cerro Pintu the main road turns N, and the turnoff to Boquete lies just after crossing a small wooden bridge over the Quebrado Grande. We were able to drive in about 2 km before the road wasn't passable for our Vw). At this point we were in the valley of the Quebrado Baja Grande, a relatively level valley with which is essentially all of the trees along the valley floor and lower slopes have been cut down and the area either cleared for agriculture or cattle grazing; a may of the logs left lying in fields where they once stood. We turned several of these