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ltonranillo 
(Colima) 
(Vicinity) 
Feb* 3 
to 
Feb. 14 
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but a small yield. I took 3 badly damped specimens of Hesperorays 
from my traps, and this sms all, Tho nert day we caught a coyote 
cm tli© seashore where the tracks of these animals were caaman where 
they ran along the beaoh end dug up tho land crabs* 
The one taken is darker and sore reddish than the coyote north 
of the U. S, border. Ever since coming to Manaanillo 1 have heard 
of the Tejon, an animal said to be common in the woods here, and 
Eusebio said he would take us out and show us some. 
With a half dozen dogs, we sallied out early one morning and after 
going a couple of miles through tho thickets along a maze of cattle 
trails, the degs suddenly pricked up their ears and started into the 
bushes. A moment later, I caught sight of several dark-colored ani¬ 
mals running ©way into the bushes and fired at on© without effect* 
At the sara© time the dogs forced on© into a tree and as we came up 
it crept into a dense mass of vinos and we could not so© it, so we 
were forced to go on, as the tree being hung full of thorny vines 
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was too difficult to climb. 
We rosisaod the hunt and went on cautiously through the dusky shade 
of the dense overhanging bushes and trees, peering to right and to 
left. In a si orb tine we found two other bunches of the animals and 
secured on© from each. These were measured and skinned on Idle spot, 
and then we returned home by the shor^ of the lagoon where I shot a 
large Caiman. 
Tho next day we went out again and secured 6 Te^ones. We struck 
a large old male at first digging Into the ground by a trail, and I 
killed him by a rifle shot. A few moments later, the dogs ran into 
a bunch of them and put several lip trees and we secured 4 of them al¬ 
most as quickly as we could fire. These were skinned, and we returned 
to camp. 
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