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Kedrickson
1950
Journal
84
Nov. 30 El Mico, 4.hdm.S.,22 km.W. San Martin,1600 ft., Meta, Colombia, S. A.
Paind most of A.M. Collected birds near ranch and prepared skins in the morning.
Made 2 short excursions into the forest
E. of the ranch in the afternoon. Shot a
"Monstus"
and a Sylallaxis albornese f.
Carlos Balcazar (foreman of the employees here)
collected a number of birds in the P.M.
We prepared some of them as skins and
kept others to be prepared tomorrow-
A.M. After dark I went out night-
lighing with Carlos and another man.
We walked about 5 km. S to the Diejar
River, then W. along the river. I shot
and hit, but lost, a deer. We saw
two Dmeiyon (?) which were unapprochable
with the lights. No Caimans seen.
Took one frog, one toad, one water
snake. For today see species accounts
of:
Sylallaxis,
Helicope,
B. marinus
Ptho Dec.1 Prepared bird skins and wrote notes. Saw
group of monkeys near spring (see again
account of Saimiri). In evening went
(G:30 P.M.)
with Carlos to forest E of Ranch;
see species account of Caiman.
Two of the men Dr. Medow and Pedro also
went out collecting at night. They took