Field notes, v1351
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Nordribsen 1950 Journal 49 Nov. 14 Bogota', 8500 ft., Cundinamarca, Colombia, S. A. [illegible] Phyllodactylus) two anuran (?) voices which I believe may well have represented 2 other species. One was probably myel (?) frog. (Extracted from today's entries in pocket notebook): Jose Borrero, of Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogota, hunting near Toraima (No Dirarbot) in Magdalena Valley on Nov. 11 & 12, 1950, killed 32? and 30? and 10? Colinus critatus. All males had enlarged testes; all females had enlarged ovaries and/or ovidecal eggs. One female when flushed, dropped an egg while in flight. Between Nov. 18 Nov. 12, clearing operations on 4 hectares of land in same place (Near Toraima) resulted in finding of 14 rattlesnakes, 2 "scis" (bushmaster?), and 2 "corales" (coral or king snakes?) Nov. 15 Wrote notes and attended to miscellaneous chores downtown in the morning. In P.M. (3:00?) went with Perico, Paulino, and Alfredo (waiter in our hotel) to Instituto, leaving the Villavieja skins and gonads in Borrero's lab. for safekeeping while we are in Villavicencio. Borrero gave me the skin and skull (crushed)