E. Heske 1980 Journal Jalapa to Playa Escondida, Veracruz, Mexico. with David + Sue to look for birds. The area was lush with brightly colored flowers, brilliant butterflys, and vegetation. Attention wandered from one flower to a passing butterfly to a bird and back so rapidly it was hard to absorb anything completely. We saw: 1 Roadside hawk 4 Montezuma oropendula several (710) Brown jays 1 Black phoebe 710 White-collared swifts The phoebe appeared to be making a nest under some rock overhanging the water, as it kept flying under the rock arch with dry vegetation in its beak. Dark tadpoles were abundant in pools along the water's edge - Ted thinks they are some kind of Hyla. I collected several kinds of butterfly. Ted's group collected: 3 Lineatriton lineola - a slender salamander, plain brown with greatly reduced legs. Lives in earthworm burrows; found under deeply imbedded rocks. Local in distribution. 1 Rhadineea sp: juv. (~20cm) - a snake with 1pr yellow spots behind eyes,