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Puerto del Triunfo, Dept., Usulutan
Dec., 28, 1925 - Jan., 25, 1926
Metachirops
- Junón
This was an abundant species
at Puerto del Triunfo. They were found
in the heavy dense jungle, in natives'
houses, in tangled vines and in second
growth. Frequently I was able to
approach close enough to them with
my hunting lamp at night to shoot
them with my shot pistol. Sometimes
they would crawl up in trees when
they saw the light at times high and again
low on some low limb where they would
cling closely to the branch never
taking their eyes away from the light.
One night as I was walking slowly
along a trail through the dense jungle
I saw some little red eyes flash in
the brush to my right. I stood perfectly
still and waited, soon a junón
came through the brush and stopped
at the edge of the trail and sat up on
this hind legs with his tail braced
out behind. His little flesh colored nose
twitched nervously as he faced the
bright light. Not satisfied he
dropped down on all fours and
came toward me quite cautiously
until his nose nearly touched the
toe of my boot. Suddenly he seemed
to realize that all might not be
well for him where he was so he
quickly ran into the brush on
the opposite side of the trail and