Field notes, v1506
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Ney Phil 1973 Journal 175 210 km NW Lilla Hayesley rd, Dept Boqueron, Paraguay 24 Sep The. French grass, some forbs bordered by thick & thorny forest. A few trees, including a very large Palo borracho. The field is full of Ctenomyx burrows the we heard none of the Teeros calling. Set 5 steel trap in burrows, after digging out the plug. On the N side of the road is thorny forest. There is an old road leading back into it which has been recently heavily used for logging Palo Santos. Typical alto chaco thorn forest - Santies, open plots of Bromeliad etc. Along this road I set about 20 sky traps, a few up in trees, most in old piles of brush left by the bulldozer when the road was made. Along the edge of the field went about 30 snap traps & in the field itself where the French glass was thickest I set about 15 snap traps & along the rows cleared out about 10 in heavy rough spots. The only actual mouse sign was in the gross, when there were lots of small droppings. Shiner pig sign everywhere & while I saw 3 or 4, they were nowhere near as abundant as they are set km 425. Some rabbit droppings & I saw a rabbit. No sign of the Patagonian hare. (The forewoman she thought in the cutoff to Philadelphia, km. 430). Killed 2 lizards with deer shot, both trapzdm, & we picked up the setting