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7/30/25
while hunting last night: (Sylvilagus)
July 30, 1925 - clear - warm -
6 P.M. threatening rain. The traps that
I set yesterday with the help of a native
were gone this morning. A trap set
by a small hole which went down
under a lava rock boulder contained
a spiny-pockey mouse (Hesperomys). This
was in a shady part of the jungle not
far from the lake. A trap baited
with a Mexican Cormorant caught an
opossum (Didelphis mesamericana - ). She
had 13 young in her pouch which
were about one fifth grown. Dr.
Miller shot a spider-monkey (Ateles)
and a small black bat. (Sarcoteryx)
[Penetrated of 'Caiman' at this time? A. J. Van R., in ch., R.A.
July 31, 1925 - Warmer - Warm -
Threatened rain in the afternoon.
To-day I brought in all my traps
from the mountain sides and
formed my trap line along the lake.
The trap that I caught the opossum
in held a Black Vulture. The
cormorant (bait) was well concealed
in the brush but the vultures found
their way to it. On my way along
the trap line in the morning I passed
one mouse trap by mistake. As I
came back along the line about 11 A.M.
I found a (spiny-pockey Mouse) (Heteromys)
in the trap. The ants had all the hair
nipped off. If I had looked at it in
the morning it probably would have
been ok. The hole where I
could this specimen looked very