R.B. Hamilton 1967 Journal Jun 25 Departs San Francisco Calif to Panama City, Panama. We arrived at Panama city at about 1915. The crew consists of myself, Carl Zafard the leader of this expedition, as Drd McGillum a student of VC that will study under Dr. Ned Johnson at Berkeley starting next fall. At Panama City we had little difficulty clearing customs and then proceeded to Hotel International which is located next to Canal Zone. On way many insects sounding somewhat like cicadas were heard. Near airport was heard Common Night hawk, Cherdeiles minor. On way to hotel it was noticed that in contrast to Guatemala city there were more sparsity. The most outstanding thing about the journey was the number of buses seen. They seemed to be at least 1/4 as many buses as cars. They were all did small and held pictures 20 people. We looked around the city in the evening before proceeding to bed. One rather large (3") bat was seen at this time. Jun, 26 Panama City, Panama, and Barro Colorado Islands, Canal Zone. We got up early in order to journey to Barro Colorado Islands. We caught train about 1/3 mile W of Hotel. While waiting for train which departs about 0700 am we saw several interesting birds. Panama City is located in very hot humid area and therefore most of the vegetation is quite tropical. There were some rather large areas of 2nd growth vegetation; On one section of the hill 5 of the train station was large area of this 2nd growth. On the hills, even at this early hour were dense.