Hardwickson 1950 Caiman Nov. 9 Villaviza, 400 ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A. Collected a ♀ (#1527) in a pool on low ground W of the cemetery. See map in today's journal for more precise information on locality. Dr. Stedman got an intense red eyeshine from a distance; in trying to approach too close with the shotgun I frightened it and it submerged. Later, when leaving the pool, I looked back and got its eyeshine again. This time I shot it (only head showing) with a full load of #4 shot from about 25-30 ft. away. It thrashed and beat the water for a while, then all was quiet. Dr. Stedman saw a limb slowly sink beneath the water, and probing that spot with sticks, we gradually guided it to one bank of the pool. I got a noose of fishing line over its nose and was trying to half-pull, half-guide it up onto land when it became active again and broke the line. Eventually I got another noose on its head, and with Dr. Stedman prodding and lifting with a pole, we worked it up into a banana patch, about