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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