Rio San Miguel, 13°25'N. Dept., San Miguel Feb, 2, 1926 - Feb, 21, 1926 Raccoon - Mapachin Raccoons were found commonly in the Rio San Miguel (13°25'N.) region where I encountered them at night with a carbide hunting lamp. Nos. 11063 & 11064 were shot in a lagoon at night by our assistant. He said they were in the water. No. 11077 was shot by me one night while I was hunting with a native guide. We were walking down an old dry lagoon when I flashed three pairs of eyes to our left in the edge of the brush. We squatted and remained quiet. Slowly the little animals came on with their noses near the ground, their little black banded faces loomed up like three masked robbers. After they were within fifteen feet of us they attained a rather suspicious air and one even bristled up in a threatening manner. The bolder one came so close that I could have reached out and touched him with my gun. Presently they seemed to realize that they might be in danger and they started off down the dry lagoon. I fired at one but missed but a few