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IN IT, AS WELL AS AMPHIBIAN EGG MASSES JUST IN THE
PROCESS OF HATCHING. THEY WERE CLUMPEDM WITH A SINGLE
EMBRYO, ABOUT 1/4 INCH LONG, TO EACH JELLY BALL.

MAY 2, 1949 - IXTLAN, NAYARIT.
DROVE TO IXTLAN ABOUT NOON, AND PUT UP AT THE
HOTEL MADRID, WHICH IS A GOOD PLACE NOT TO STAY. THE
SANITARY FACILITIES ARE - TO SAY THE MOST - INADEQUATE.

RODE ALONG WITH THE MASTOS 1 MI. E OF TOWN, AND
WENT DOWN ALONG THE RIVER. THE STREAM HERE IS QUITE
SLUGGISH AND SLOW, WITH MANY ROCKS ON THE BANKS, AND
STAGNANT POOLS ALONG THE SIDES. THIS COMBINATION PRODUCED
KINOSTERNON, LEPTODEIRA, BUFO, HYLA, AND LEPTODACTYLUS IN
AN HOUR AND A HALF. MOST COME FROM UNDER ROCKS ALONG
THE STREAM, IN THE STAGNANT POOLS.

MAY 3, 1949 - IXTLAN.

I WAS INCAPACITATED MOST OF THE DAY, HAVING A HEEL
PUT ON MY SHOE. I PRESERVED WHAT I HAD AND BROUGHT MY
NOTES UP TO DATE.

WENT OUT TO THE SAME PLACE ON THE RIVER AND PICKED
UP 2 MORE LEPTODEIRA AND 3 LEPTODACTYLUS. MACINTOSH
GOT ANOTHER BUFO & 3 LEPTODACS.