Journal W. Reimer 1950 1 Apr. Mexico: Chiapas: 6 mi. SE San Cristobal, 7300 ft. Spent entire morning and first half of afternoon in and around cleared area SE of camp. Objective: to see if the two local species of Scalopous are in any way segregated ecologically and to collect series of each. Took 4 of blue-bellied species and eight of orange-bellied species in that cleared area. No segregation evident. Also took Bothrops and Pitrophis in early morning before place well warmed up. Also got two salamanders under trunk of stump in cleared area but could find none in thick damp spot of lush vegetation at edge of clearing. Took a hummingbird, a quetzal and a wren on trip to and from area. In evening shot red bat on the wing. Weather during day warm and sunny without wind. At night, sprinkled intermittently for several hours. 20 Apr. Because of intermittent light rains during night > got very little sleep, felt lousy and stayed in camp working on specimens until late afternoon. At that time shot flycatcher and a thrush near stream. Worked way about a half mile down stream. (No place is stream large but it does include a boggy,