Hauken, James 1975 Journal Panama Valley, El Hatil del Volcan, Chiriqui Province, Panama 24 August just before these roads again cross the water draining off of the gently sloping plain mostly cleared for cattle grazing formed a small stream across the road which I would have had to enter to near my waist to cross, when I walked this route on in the afternoon of 22 August the stream was much lower and crossable; evidently this afternoon's rain flooded the stream. I returned to my car, and will try again tonight. One curious feature noticed was the complete absence of any calling frog frogs along the length of the stream which ran through the road for its length, or into the flooded area. 24 August (6 PM) Went today to the town of Progreso, located just E of the Costa Rican border ~ 10-15 km S of the Pan American highway accessible via a paved highway from the Pan-American highway at the border. There are previous records from the vicinity of Progreso of Bolitoglossa lignicolor and Oedipina parvipes. The area is highly developed for agriculture, rice and bananas being two of the major crops. I could locate essentially no