1927 P.I. Hacienda Chilata, Dept., Sonsonate, Salvador April 21, 1927 - yesterday I set twenty five large snap traps in the balsam coffee region about our camp. Seven were set in trees that looked as likely places for Nyctomys. The other eighteen were set in an uncleared area where long vines and horizontal limbs offered good places to make sets. Ten small traps were set by rotten logs and tree roots under the coffee. Three Nyctomys were caught last night. No. 12809 was taken in a trap which I had set in a semi-hollow tree at the edge of a carreta trail which led around through the coffee. The trap was set about seven feet from the ground. I found the specimen and trap among fallen coffee leaves several yards down hill. No. 12810 was caught in the uncleared area on the crest of a hill. This trap was set on a small branch that connected with the brush on the other