Meyer Phil 1972 Journal 4 Ave. Gral Genes, 1.6 km NE jun Ave San Martin. Asunción Paraguay that Manuel shelters are made by armadillos. 1-8 June There are lots of birds. Manuel forbids the "muchachos" from killing them. English & refous collared sparrows abound. There are espineros ( Phacelodomus, maybe P. ruber), which builds stick nests reminiscent of magpie nest but much more elegant. Also horneros, which build rounded, enlosed mud nests in the crockets of trees make raucous cackling noise, & are hard to beguile. Blue-gray tanagers, some sort of gold finches, a siskin-like fringillid, th e cockoo Guira guira & carani an accipiter something like a cooper hawk (burnet), & many others - including somberely; pet greater rheas. We have seen one herp - an anguid-like lizard sticking its head out of a hole in a telephone pole, 15' off of the ground! I have heard Perfor marinus & some frogs. Insects - enough mosquitoes. There is a plethora of ant species. Some build compact nests, made of mud Lambda shaped & upto 2 feet high. There are some active ants, but they are probably rigidly controlled by the farmers. Numerous other kinds too (including, unfortunately,