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APRIL 3, 1949-10 ml. W. OF C. GUZMAN

FOUND 3 EUMECES AND ONE SCELOP UNDER ROCKS
AND LOGS. WE ARE STILL IN FAIRLY FLAT COUNTRY, ALTHOUGH
THE FOOTHILLS GO UP 1800-2000 FT RIGHT BEHIND US THE
GRASS HERE IS ALSO HEAVILY GRAZED. ALL THE EUMECES
WERE IN THE WOODS ON THE FOOTHILLS, WHILE THE SCELOP
WAS UNDER A ROCK IN THE LEVEL GRAZED FIELD. SAW
ANOTHER HERE I DIDN'T GET. IT WENT DOWN A GOPHER
HOLE.

DROVE BACK TO GUZMAN AT NOON AND PICKED UP
THE BOTANISTS. DROVE TO GUADALAJARA DIRECTLY, AND
SPENT THE NIGHT.

APRIL 4, 1949.
SPENT ENTIRE DAY IN GUADALAJARA. LEARNED FROM HELMUT
THAT THERE ARE TWO MIRADORS IN VERACRUZ WHICH HAVE BOTH
BEEN TYPE LOCALITIES. ONE IS BETWEEN JALAPA & V. C., THE
OTHER BETWEEN CORDOBA & JALAPA. ONE IS THE FORMER
PROPERTY OF PART OF HELMUT'S FAMILY, AND SERVED AS A
COLLECTING PLACE FOR SEVERAL GERMAN COLLECTORS. ONE IS
HUMID & MOIST TROPICAL, THE OTHER IS QUITE DRY.

APRIL 5, 1949- AUTLAN.
LEFT GUADALAJARA ABOUT NOON, AND DROVE ABOUT 25
MILES SOUTH TO THE ROAD TO AUTLAN, THRU AUTLAN. THIS ROAD
PASSES THRU CONSIDERABLE DRY COUNTRY, BUT THE VALLEYS
QUITE OFTEN HAVE WATER, AND THE BARRANCAS SUPPLY IT.
A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE ROAD IS IN RAIN SHADOW.
AND ONLY SCRAWNY OAKS, MESQUITE AND CACTUS GROWS ON
THE HILLSIDES. THE ROAD PASSES A QUITE SPECTACULAR
MT. RANGE JUST NORTH OF AUTLAN, AND DROPS QUITE RAPIDLY

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APRIL 5, 1949 - AUTLAN.
I RODE WITH THE BOTANISTS, AND WE HAD A FLAT TIRE
ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN. AS A RESULT, WE DIDN'T GET TO AUTLAN
TILL AFTER 5.

WENT OUT N OF AUTLAN WITH THE MASTOS TO SET
TRAPS. SAW TWO LIZARDS, DIDN'T GET EITHER, BECAUSE OF THE
PROXIMITY OF ROCK FENCES. FOUND A SAGO SNAKE SKIN UNDER
A ROCK.

APRIL 6, 1949. AUTLAN AND 2 MI. N OF LA RESOLANA.
WENT OUT WITH THE MASTOS BEFORE SUN UP, AND HAD TO
WAIT FOR SUFFICIENT LIGHT TO COLLECT. AS SOON AS THERE
WAS LIGHT ENOUGH, I TURNED ROCKS AND GOT A CNEMIDOPHORUS
GULARIS. IT WAS QUITE CHILLY, AND I SAW NOTHING ELSE.
THIS LOCALITY IS ON THE MAIN ROAD - AUTLAN - GUADALAJARA - AND
IS VERY DRY VALLEY BETWEEN VERY DRY HILLS, ALL COVERED WITH
MESQUITE AND CACTUS. THERE IS A LARGE RIVER SEVERAL
MILES TO THE NORTH, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE TOTAL WATER SUPPLY
HEREABOUTS.

AFTER RETURNING TO AUTLAN, WE DROVE SOUTH ALONG THE
HIGHWAY FROM AUTLAN TO MANZANILLO, GOING TO A SMALL TOWN
CALLED LA RESOLANA, WHICH IS NOT ON THE HGWY, AS SHOWN IN
THE 3A MAP, BUT SOMEWHAT SOUTH. WE TRIED TO FIND A
ROAD FROM HERE UP THE SIERRA DE AUTLAN, BUT LOCAL
INQUIRY SHOWED A COMPLETE LACK OF SUCH, UNLESS WE GO
PRACTICALLY INTO MANZANILLO; AND WOULD TAKE 20 HRS.
WE DECIDED AGAINST THIS AND RETURNED TO THE HGWY, DRIVING
BACK TOWARDS AUTLAN. WE CROSSED 2 MT. STREAMS ON THE
WAY, AND CAMPED AT THE THIRD WE CROSSED. IT IS A WATER
TRUCK FILLING STOP, FIXED UP WITH PIPES TO FILL THE TRUCK.
THE STREAM CONTINUES ON ACROSS THE ROAD AND