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Transcription
Erol Pearson
1969
Journal
Papa Leon Trace
1 July
In my trap line were 2 Phyllotis darwinii, one
near the base of a cactus and the other in a tumble
of rocks in the bottom of the gully. Looking under rocks
with DPP I saw the tail of a lizard (gecko?), one
with dark and light bands. Up near the top of the hill
we found some droppings too large for Phyllotis.
But we looked for Tillandsia further N and E in that
area, and found some on some hills that were dusty,
sandy, in places muddy from garvia. Also, these
hills were apparently an old ruins being reconstructed
half-heartedly. We found a large scorpion under a
Tillandsia and a handsome bug (1 1/2" long) on one,
and saw quite a few what we think are fox
tracks. There were at least two kinds of Tillandsia.
A second good stretch of Tillandsia we found
8 mi. SE of Chilca, there on both sides of the
road. The hills there are sandy-dusty also, and
the Tillandsia grows in kind f mats, most part of
which is dead and black. Here we found mouse
tracks, mostly fox tracks, a broken egg shell,
+ collections of bird droppings (stajad).
tracks of a passerine probably. There were lots
more mouse tracks down along the highway,
+ some tracks across vast stretches of sandy
dirt (800ft). We returned here to set
traps at about 4:30 pm. Then both Mymal + I
found what looked like fresh tracks that must
be Brushinus. The track is a Thick-toed, three-toed