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added to the collection,after which I went to Tapacoyan on Saturday,May 
4th,still accompanied hy Modesto Palma. 
Work was continued on the mountain,especially on the lower slopes 
and the contiguous lowlands,hut with rather poor success. The weather 
was very hot and dry,while the forest on the mountain now fairly swarmed 
with myriads of huge cidadas,whose incessant din nearly «rove one frantic. 
Then,on May 7th. the heat wave was broken hy a terrific thunder 
stoi£beginning at 3 A.M..which further complicated matters hy thoroughly 
wetting most of my possessions(except the birds),and left the earthen 
floor of the shack a mass of sticky mud. 
Eventually I considered discretion the better part of valor,and 
returned to Tres Zapotes on Sunday,the 12th,packed up and caught the 
launch the following day for Tlacotalpam,in order to finish up the work 
there before sailing on the 22nd. 
I made one trip to the Sand Dunes of the coast but secured nothing 
new.although a Uighthawk was seen,but escaped wounded. The rains contin- 
ued to be a real nuisance,since they persisted in coming early in the 
morning.usually between 6 and 10 A.M.,so that on the whole not a great 
deal was accomplished there the first three days. On the fourth day, 
May 17th.,I was very suddendly seized with a severe case of amoebic 
dysintery,while out shooting,and after I had secured a fine bag of 
birds,including a new Gull,a new Tern and the big Araraides,which I had 
been unable to secure at Tres Zapotes. Unfortunately the attack was 
so severe until I got it under control,that most of the birds shot that 
day were lost,being too far gone the next morning to skin,although I 
did manage to save the Gull and several small birds. 
I did not deem it advisable to venture out in the not sun on 
Sunday,and after that I was fully occupied in sorting and packing my 
specimens and equipment,until Tuesday morning,May 21st.,when I left 
for Alvaraflohnd Veracruz,and embarked for Uew York on the evening of 
