Field notes, v1516
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Carol Pearson 1569 Journal 23 July Papa Lois Tree, Dept Lima, Peru Cleared + was sunny most of day. RH put up a 30' and x 18' mist nets in back yard + in course f day got 2 2. capensis ( 1 adult ♂, 1 ♀ ), 1 adult ♀ Sphinx magebleig, 1 Eugenia, 1 adult ♂ Pyroephalus rubens, 18 Anagilia argyilla. Saw an ani in the street. Went to 7 km SSE Chilea ( beach ) + set about 30 small around 3 sides of a rectangle Sherman's w barley at 15 paces. Through sparse Distichlis with Salicornia bushes. Lots of stumps, fox, plover tracks. Down on beach saw an injured Enicodus microfurcosus hopping on sand at edge f waves. We chased him for a long time, up on rocks + on beach, but the closest I got was touching him. There were 2 others there too. Climbed the mountain there, a basically rocky -x earthy one with a good view. 24 July Caught 10 Mice Went to Lima. 25 July Sunrise was visible! Through broken clouds, but fog came in for an ordinary day. At study plot did 3 Kilim can small arth samples + weighed Till. mats to get weights of green and dead parts : Area No greenheads Wgt green Wgt dead 1. 530 cm² 3 446 g 525 g 2. 3,017 10 1,370 2,720 3. 322 1 quadruple 400 290 4. 9,800 11 2,355 3,920 5. 1,133 3 585 620 6. 17,027 19 3,790 10,665