August 2, 1925 - Clear and during part of the day it was windy and nice to work. Two of the mouse traps that were set in the jungle near the lake had spiny-pocket mice (Heteromys). The ants had eaten one so badly that it was no good for a specimen. The ants seem to have a special fancy for chewing off the tail and digging it away. Other parts of that are first bothered are the ears, nose, about the and about the eyes and testes. One trap in the corn patch had a (Heteromys) but the ants had its tail and most of his hair ripped off. The stomach content appeared to be ground kernels of fruit seeds and a starchy pulp from the corn grains that I scattered around the traps. In the pouch of one I found two grains of corn, and in another a small round fruit seed and a piece of wood. The squirrels (Sciurus) seem to be very difficult to kill. I stood within 28 paces of one this morning and shot it with a 16ga. shotgun with 7 1/2c. shot. Although I searched carefully for the squirrel, I could not find it. Mr. van Rossen had to shoot one five times with his 410ga. shotgun before it came down. The squirrel that I shot at was along the edge of a corn patch in dead tree. The two that Mr. van Rossen shot were in an open swampy forest where the trees were about 40 ft. high. The stomach content of these specimens was