Koford 1967 26 Journal 1 September 1967 Nr. Morrupo, Dots. kumlay, qusqow. also sand hills to 20' high, with brush & many tracks of big ants, foxes, & mice. Mockingbirds, doves, quail, deer, geotitan common. As night breeze saw a bear (windy part midnight). 2 September 1967. Made live traps (about 25) and looked for mouse sign. Set live traps for Bandanus gerbillum. I set 8 near camps, live brush mostly along brush fence of cypress and dead mariguate brush, where loose sand accumulated. /I drove to Morrupo, a poor adobe town, for dinner and met 12-yr. old boy who showed me 3 cat snakes in a bottle (said John locally). He said there were camels in trees too, & showed me a dark room in adobe house when the sun was 10- o'clock. I collected 2 ad.+ 2 mm., Carolis (?) in same room as (Desmodium). Then being from bamboo & beam ceiling in 12' x 12' adobe room w. my live no windows. I checked traps in evening but no catch by 8:30 p.m. Sunday. 3 September 1967. My 8 live traps held 2 live P. gerbillum. One (smaller) became torpid in car-top, but revived when warmed. Both now took milk readily from dropper, lapping fast w. pause holding tips. These turned over to McCallum for transport to Berkeley. Me C. and Hamilton took 0 in their 11+ live traps each, but H. took 3 P. gerbillum in snap-traps (2 in same trap, checked last eve). Put up mice and rats. Honey and McCallum departed by colectivo for Chiclayo to take bus to Lerma and return to Colfo. /I set 5 live traps near camps + 10 snap traps, all along old brush fence in sandy ground. Hamilton tended 20+ set in sand hills (probably most natural site), where fair number mouse (+ foot-tracks). Mouse tracks across sand spaces & out from brush atop hills at (+ 10 snaps) least 40 ft. Checked my 5 at 10:30 p.m. + had 2 P.g. in snares. Temp. range 62-69 F. at Windy, overcast night, but no rain. 7 1/2 ft. in negative for 2 days.