Koford 19 Journal 11 August 1967 Mr. Las Lomas, Dato. Piura, Peru: Collected birds, which were about same as at P. Pavia's, with addition of big Black white woodpecker and the Blue. Red. white magpie. Many mockingbirds. Drove to demo & collected frogs. Big leaf trees near camp area. I set 15 traps near rocks, bushes, and stick fences. 12 August 1967. No catch in traps. We drove to hellings, collecting 2 yellow fincher big-nosed (3157, 3158 cat), 07 w. large testers (due irrigation?). Many gallinule & a few geese in ruin pond nr. La Tullera. Drove on to Piura for supplies & visit to office of Minora Bayovar. Then drove E. on Panamerican highway. Sandy desert in shrubs about 10 km. W., but mostly large coyote (mesquite cut out?) at 15 km. Drove on to area of Landryguine border, and at road crest of red rocky hill took side road about 3 km. to a radio relay tower w. fine view of area to S. and W. Hazy & soon foggy at our level, we set traps. I put 10 in rocks, cactus & shrubs near sweet hills. A fine grand elementary rock w. lines of colchite (?). Little or no fresh signs (except of foxes), but many holes. Tillandsia + lichens in trees and Cane. A t'operita like cactas also present. Mostly leafless bushes 6-10', w. occasional yopoth or other evergreen. No recent sign coyote. Grass (dead) to 1' high on some slopes. Picturygine hill w. fog vegetation. Abra Napea, border Dato Piura 13 August 1967. Fog at our level (1500'). I caught, Phyllotis and de Hamilton another. Little saw a coral snake which escaped. Flocks of 50+ fincher flew over. Saw 1-2 vultures soaring over hill on round & soaring, as if part of flyway (nest on E. side?). Hamilton found a local snake on rocky slope (escaped). We departed about noon and drove toward Chiclayo (our side road nr. km. 933, about 8 km. N. of Napaea (= Abra de Napaea)). A few km. S. of Natupe we stopped by a granite bowl den hill (Cq. de la Vieja, probably) and picked off elf-dustain, looking