El Salvador field notes, v4500
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March 8, 1927 continued mountain when I finely heard it squall in a tree up I went and located it in a tree and every once in a while it would squall and up came R.G. to see what was carrying on so I got on one side of tree R.G. on other side Finchy I saw eye's I shot and so did R.G. at same time in excitement R.G. had pulled both triggers and suffered a bloody nose and missed What he was shooting, but No 12690 a large male Poto hit the ground. I saw two more eye going down a limb I shot and down came 12689 a nice female both in same tree we put them in a sack and started on when we heard the limbe break- ing on ahead of us we followed it and finely it stopped in a high tree here I shot No 12691 another male Poto. We then had to quit cause of a dense fog that had settled down on the mountain, On way down we got out of fog and was coming down a path lin brush we heard a noise in brush at one side of path here I shot No 12692 a female Conepatus