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C. Koford
6
Journal
February 25, 1951 Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone
small cayuca. Several black vultures and 10 turkey vul-
tures on tree or ground on a small island (Hathia) near land-ing.
Saw 3 Benleaps in tall trees at edge water and macawinga
in water. One 3' long iguana on Hathia. A boy got some eggs
from one iguana and we had a few for lunch. One kind was
dumbbell shaped having 2 yolks in a sac with 2 parts-
tasted like hen egg yolks but drier. Another kind had a soft,
white shell - me sucked out the soft yolk - also tasted like
hen's eggs. Asked the cook, Esperanza, to fix us some bread
fruit if possible - a large tree of same grew 50 yards from
the kitchen? We took a short swim in lagoon lake near the
boat dock - water fairly clear and warm. Many laterally
flattened fish with black spot on caudal peduncle visible
there (to 10