Field notes, v1506
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mugy flui 1973 Journal 88 295 km NW Villa Hayes b/d, Dept Pte Hayes, Paraguay 31 Jan clubrid . also saw a smallish Tamander, also in th grassy field, about 6:30 AM. It ' alowed us to walk right up close, then sat back on it hind legs & took a good smel at almost blind. We played around wit, it (cautious) but it never moved faster, than a slow walk. 275 km NW Villa Hayes b/d, Dept Pte Hayes, Paraguay Ranch belongs to Oscar Nelle. "Pincar Charra" Asociated manager is Robert Carisino . a mere 42000 ha. Very old buildings, tile roofs. Saw are Capracies hanging under roof. Found are Nycte's roost far saw (collected 4 ?'s) one sets suspect , & we spent very little time looking. "Mbopi" (cero) are very common. Here they have a caged female jaguar, 5 or 6 years old. She presents heat occasionally (don't know the interval), makes much noise, & apparently often attracts other jaguars to near the house. 15 days previous she had slaughtered a cow 500 m from th house. But she cat as supposedly "passing thru" tob of mtu less too. Also 3 wee k ago we slaughtered 50 lambs in a pen, before it was killed Seen frequently. "Tigris" are common - this's apparently what