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Myles
phil
1972
40
Journal
Corner of Kulitechel & Guillermo Franco,
Alumbras, Paraguay.
6 Sept singing - not just isolated songs but
continuously & many birds. The bird we
caught near fugue on 2 Sept were molting
(some) but complex the 2's had fairly
large ovaries, the certainly no follicles
larger than 2 mm. Today a neighbor cornered
a Pidelphi which I caught. It was a ?, with
8-10 young in its pouch. The believed to
be 5-6 centimeter
but eyes weren't open & they
were hairless, tightly attached to mommy.
The pouch was so tightly closed when
I first grabbed him that I had to probe
around to find the opening
Chaco Experimental Station, km 29.5 NNE
Villa Hayes Depto Pto Hayes, Paraguay
7 Sept Left Alumbras 11 AM in Chevy Carryall driven
by Mariseli a veterinarian & schoolteacher,
her baby & nursemaid. Arrived here at
4:30 after several stops. 3 fmes for an
anmolello & agrisan seen alive &
wumworer (fms) & 3 of the smaller ant-eaters
seen dead on road. Can't catercalled
'caqure', it is not an oso hormiguero.
but & clear all the way, the sky lay
dawned overcast. North wind between
km 200 & here there are lots of blooming