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Hiring tee latter half of February and through March Alexander 
Wetmore, accompanied by Mrs. Wetmore, continued work on the birdlife of 
PanaasL Attention this season centered on tee mountainous areas of 
western Cfelrlqul, where through the kindness of Eon Pablo Brackney of 
village of 11 Volcin. Armageddon Hartmann was employed to assist in 
making the collections. Though clearings were extensive, imch forest 
still remained and birds were abundant. Th® work centered mainly at 
intermediate elevations between 4000 and 6000 feet in the subtropical 
7 ,one. Considerable areas could be reached over rough mountain roads 
and trails by jeep so that the collections secured covered an extensive 
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The work included a week at Santa Clara, about 15 miles from the 
Cfosta Rican border, where the party had ac comm dations at the farm of 
Alois Hartmann, long a resident of Hiiriqul,, The series of specimens 
and the notes obtained have added measurably to knowledge of the birdlife 
of the Republic, and it is hoped to continue for another season at higher 
elevations on tee Volcin B&rtL On arrival in February two days were spent 
on Barro Colorado Island, and at the close of the work during the first 
week in April Dr. Wetnore made observations at several points adjacent 
to the Canal Zone. 
