Paul Pearson 1969 Journal Papa Leon Tree, Dept of Junin, Peru 30 June cont. hills as though goats or sheep had grazed them once. There were some old rock wall cornals in one valley, + around them lots of rabbit-like droppings (goat?). I set 29 traps, 20 going up a low gully with occasional cactus sticking out of the rocks, + 9 going up 15 steps apart @ a steep, rocky wash that got more cactus. 35-37 feet. In terms of animal life, what looks like there might be the most of is spiders living in holes under rocks. They must dig some, because the dirt looks dry there, + they make irregular, fine webs in the holes. One spider I saw was large (2" diam. w legs). I also found a small dusty spider, maybe crab spider?, under a cactus branch. We found scorpion skins, a grasshopper, a beetle, a moth-ish insect, some scats, a lizard dropping. Birdwise: Asthenes cactorum (canastero de los cactus) feeding on cactus branches. In same area, an old tangle of sticks in a cactus, just next to Asthenes. Sialis reinondii - a couple near top of hill. And I think a swallow. (Birds identified w help of Koesche Las Aves del Departamento de Lina) 1 July Dawn is even more ambiguous here than in Quito; here the fog is closer. You could see well enough to look for birds about 6 am. We want to check traps then + then exploring to find a good tillandsial.