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ITINERARY 



In the early morninfl: of October 25, 1936, I readied Puerto Bar- 

 rios, Guatemala, on the S. S. Mefapan. Through the assistance of 

 Mr. Austin, of the United Fruit Co., and the courtesy of the Guate- 

 malan officials mj field equipment was passed through customs with- 

 out delay, and an hour later I was aboard the train for Guatemala 

 City, where I arrived tliat evening. Through Gerald A. Drew, 

 Charge d'Affaires ad interim in the temporary absence of the Amer- 

 ican Minister, I received from General Anzueto, Director General 

 de la Policia Nacional, a letter to the police officials of the country 

 as well as a complimentary driver's permit, and from the Secretaria 

 de Guerra an arms permit to cover my collecting guns. Delphino 

 Sanchez Latour, of the Ministerio de Kelaciones Exteriores, arranged 

 for me a general letter of recommendation from the IMinister of 

 Finance. E. J. La Garde, of the United Fruit Co., was most cour- 

 teous in, various matters. 



In Guatemala City I rented a car and on the evening of October 

 27 drove to Antigua across a low range of mountains, a journey that 

 required an hour. Here my old friend Dr. Wilson Popenoe, director 

 of agricultural experiments for the United Fruit Co., had placed 

 at my disposal his home, the picturesque and comfortable Casa 

 Colonial, built originally about 1635, partly destroyed in an earth- 

 quake near the close of the eighteenth century, and then restored 

 recently by Dr. and INIrs. Popenoe in a faithful presentation of its 

 original form and furnished delightfully in the Spanish style of the 

 early seventeenth century. With this as my home and faithful 

 Maria, caretaker for the house, to prepare my meals and care for 

 other comforts, I began my work in the field in Guatemala. Coronet 

 Carlos Cipriani, Jefe Politico of the Departamento de Sacatepequez, 

 to whom I had letters from Mr. Drew and Mr. Latour, was most 

 cordial, and on October 29 I began my actual work in the field. 



For two weeks I collected steadily in this interesting region. 

 Duenas and Canderas where I worked especially are classic localities 

 through the early investigations of Osbert Salvin. The level country 

 adjacent to Antigua was mainly in cultivation that extended up over 

 the slopes of the mountains, but in ravines or on steep slopes above 

 the fields were thickets and groves of trees. On the northward face 

 of Volcan de Chimaltenango above Canderas I had easy access to 

 a tract of heavy rain forest. Birds were scarce in this woodland, 

 and I had better collecting lower down. On October 31 I drove to 

 Santa Maria de Jesus and climbed through little fields to 8,000 feet 

 on Volcan de Agua. Toward Cliimaltenango I found a region of 

 milpas diversified with thickets, scattered woodland, and pastures, 

 while on the southern slopes of Volcan de Fuego below Alotenango 



