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C. Koford
Journal
29 June 1970.
Hda. Galacala, Dpto. Peru.
Spent most of day preparing specimens and getting ready to leave.
Many Cavia trails and droppings in meadow and near
rock walls around Cerros. Buteos tame in garden trees, &
presumably nest there.
To nr Llave, Dpto. Puno
30 June 1970. Departed 0630 and drove to Juliaca. Then Puno,
where visited Univ. Nacional Tecnica del Altiplano. Several biol-
ogists there. Julis Bustinga was working on "canotipia" of
domoids and was especially helpful. Excellent supply of lab-
equipment and chemicals. Borrowed a hand centrifuge. About
1430, departed Puno for Ilave. Final shopping. Then took road
toward Mazocuy.
Dropped about 27 miles out, by an
old bridge (their Izalca droppings alongside the rock walls).
Cold night. This in ichne grassland near Rio Huergue.
1 July 1970. 20° F. Last night. Drove on S. Beautiful rocks
formation. Few fences, people, houses. Clear water in
river. Some food necessary. Many llamas and alpacas,
at Mazocuy (2 hrs beyond), took road to Santa Rosa. A good
road in construction by military, up valley with small ice-
crustled clean stream to edge of large pampa, about 11 miles
beyond Santa Rosa. Saw a group of 4 wild pecunius her.
Many alpacas on the pampa. We drove on about 2 miles
to rocky rocky hills (a small cemetery too), where Ctenomys
opossum abundant in loose sandy ground and vesicariae in
rocks. Campsite here, about 2 miles short of closest approach
to Lake Loricato. On near shore of lake, several groups
of 10-20 flamingos, as well as Peruvian and Crested Ducks,
and geese. Near camp put 8 steel trap (no. 0) in fresh lunnare