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Puerto Armuelles, July 18, 1967,V.


coastal forest. Absolutely magnificent!!! Huge fig trees, well over 100 ft high. Plus a variety of other things

Arrive 3:35 pm. And we immediately see 2 Howlers. male & female. 100 ft up in fig. Silent. Apparently undisturbed.

Both have very red sides.

But this is all we can find in the forest. (It is being maintained as a "pig reserve". The proprietor says that there also are Saimiri here. If so, they certainly are shy.)

NOTE: Proprietor says, very firmly indeed, that there have never been any "titi blanco" here.

ADDITIONAL NOTES AND COMMENTS:

During their earlier trip to this region, the [[Uladeles?]] and John Oppenheimer also rented the Finca Barqueta, on the coast somewhat east of here. (Belongs to an Aranz, a sister in law of the French Council in David.) Found lots of Howlers (also very red), plus some Cebus and Saimiri.

Possibly Saimiri are rare or absent in the forest visited this afternoon simply because it is so high. It is much higher than the teak plantation. And Marcel tells me that the Saimri at Barqueta also are largely or completely confined to a peculiar type of forest. Flooded part of the year, but quite dry at other times. Quite spiny. And comparatively low. I.E probably quite like the teak plantation in this particular respect.

Ecological requirements of Central American Saimiri may well be quite peculiar indeed. In spite of their "generalized" form and movements 

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