Greene, H. 1987 29 December fallen limb (photos). I touched the outer coil lightly (continued) w/ a stick, intending to gently slide it into a bag, whereupon it catapulted off into the leaf litter —seemingly w/ a single flex of the body. My image was of a broad S or T-shaped projectile. Hit the litter crawling and went under the limb, from which Carmen poked it with snake stick. More frantic crawling, perhaps sidewinding at times. At 0830h next morning I palpated two pieces of tail, swallowed head-first, of Splenophorus chesisei. While handled for measurements and palping, it struggled and tried to reach me with fangs. 30 December Rain during the night, until dawn, sometimes hard. From 0930-1115h walked to Holdridge 900 and back, then out to the arboretum. Saw only a Micrastur miserandollei, which flew across the path and perched on a low branch. At noon a great grey heron downstream. From ~1530-1700h walked to Holdridge 750m and back w/out seeing anything—rained hard, with shining in brightly from the west at the same time! 31 December From 0900-1100h walked out SOR, out CCC to ~200m past the Saltito Bridge (?), back to SOR and out Holdridge 900m and back—saw only Cebus. Michael Fogden walked to the south boundary and back without seeing a snake! He brought me a fresh small Felis scat from Sendero Swamp ~500m.