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collection of birds,then return to Tres Zapotes and finish the work on 
the Gerro de Tuxtla. 
I left Tlacotalpam at 3 A.M. on the 26th,reaching Alvarado in time 
to catch the 6 A.M. Diesel car into Veracruz,where I secured a bus for 
Mexico City leaving at 11 A.M.,and reached the capital at 7.30 the same 
• evening. 
I called at the Embassey on Saturday morning and placed the matter 
in their hands,as I had been instructed to do. Later I went to the office 
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of the Departamento Fore3tal y Caza,to make a courtesy call on the new 
Director,Senor Salvador Guerrero,but the gentleman was wl indisposed 
and could not be seen. 
On Monday I called again at 11 A.M..found the Direcor there and 
had a very pleasant visit with him,after which he voluntarily gave me 
the necessary permit to take out the collection intact. He then took me 
to the national Museum at Chapultepee,where I met the Director,and was 
shown over the whole place. Later Senor Guerrero took me in his car for 
a drive through the outskirts of the city to show me the work of refor¬ 
estation which has been undertaken there,and which is in splendid con¬ 
dition. On the whole,I was shov/n the utmost courtesy,and I am sure that 
any further relations which the Smithsonian Institution may have with 
Senor Guerrero will be wholly satisfactory. 
I returned to the American Embassey and left a copy of the permit 
there and explained how it had been secured,so that they might not think 
that I had voluntarily "gone over their heads" and asked for it personal- 
ly after having left the matter in their hands. 
I left Mexico City that night (April 29th.) by train,and reached 
Tres Zapotes on the afternoon of May 1st,having made the trip up from 
Tlacotalpam on mule-back,since there was no launch available for several 
days. 
Two days v/ere 3 pent in Tres Zapotes,where four more species were 
