Niger Phil 1972 Journal 44 Chaco Experimental Station, 295 km NW Villa Hayes Rd. Kpt Pete Hayes Paraguay 12 Sept. 11 spots in vet. Not even any bird. Explored N of bldings. Older fields w/ brush coming back piles of dead wood, very dense, very nice monte lots of pineapple tree up to a foot dbh, some old, dead & hollow. Fnd. followed a foot path which was heavily traced by procyonids, & felines & armadillos. The brush piles are traled w/ armadillo holes & scratchings. Also genera pig droppings & premature's. They are in the process of cleaning off some of the brush piles - being very intensely & leave the soil baked. This does kill nearly trees. Still, the monte does not burn, the tofeio reaches right up to its edge, & the ground is shallowly leaf-covered. Rain in AM & again in PM - clouds from South. Temp in 70's. Set 50 snap traps along brush piles & in grass, & one steel trap along trail items fresh. No net die to rain. Machado Ortiz took a dog after armadillo in hot afternoon - frog let bark & Tatu ju D saw me w/ hib setting traps. Machado says dog come out when it rains. Very fat. There is quite a lot of steff blowing.