Carol Pearson 1969 Journal Quito, Ecuador 7 June cont: ended up with moon (about 3/4). The temperature Mt. Pichincha all day was sweater-cool except after the rain colder. 8 June 1969 We started up the mountain about 7am from the hotel. It was a cloudy morning, but continually changing. From up on the mountain the valley would sometimes be obscured for some minutes but then clear. We could see the bottom of the snow of Cotopaxi. In the traps we got 3 hopefully Phyllotis and 2 probably Acodon. The Phyllotip-like are generally shaped like Peromyscus, with fairly large eyes ears and long tail, but humkier and woolier. The fur is somewhat matted in appearance and in general red-yellow-brown in color. Of the one was caught under a bush in a grassy-weedy meadow with a thick cover of herbaceous plants, and the other along the dirt road, along which grass + weeds grew. The traps along chaparral didn't catch anything (30 out of the 70). Lots of the vegetation is familiar, like lupine bushes, sorrel?, and a bush somewhat like Bercharia. A conspicuous tall (~15-20') herb is Siphocampylus (?), which is a single stalk with shaggy leaves coming off it and large whitish flowers. The humming are always around these. We saw the same birds this morning as yesterday, with the addition of a gorgeous Buteo, prob. polysona white phase. It was