Field notes, v1516
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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