E. Heske 1980. Journal Playa Escondida, Sierra Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico March cont. after breakfast. I went down to the beach for a swim with Dave & Lonnie ~ 1030. Then mostly wasted the early afternoon chatting, etc. At 1400 I began setting traps, which took until 1830. 16 Sherman traps baited with oat meal, 4 Jones/Heske traps baited with banana, 5 Tomahawk traps, 4 baited with banana, 1 with bird carcasses were set out. I placed the smaller traps along a seep near the mist nets below the garden near our rooms and along the trail running down to stream #1. I placed 4 (3 sherman, 1 Heske Jones/ up in branches of trees. 3 of the tomahawks were placed along the stream bed, including the one with the bird bodies. On the banana baited traps, I sprayed some Bebida de Papaya y Piña (pineapple-papaya juice) in an attempt to increase their attractiveness + remove my scent. A white-bellied emerald was in one of the mist nets (1st along the trail) on the way back. All mist nets were left unfurled to try to catch bats. The only other bird netted today was 1 wood thrush, in the lower net by the stream (netted in the early afternoon - Dave released it). I put 2 of the Jones/Heske traps baited with banana