Field notes, v1516
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A.K. Pearson 1969 the house. (12. when it was dark) After supper we drove back to the Lladocin area south of Chila, along the road. As we slowed down on the shoulder of the road to start a U-turn, a mouse showed up in the headlights. Carl & Ray went after it down the road while we drove along to provide light. It soon went under a rock and escaped when we turned over the rocks. Ray felt sure it was a Phyllotis, and I thought so too, although our identifications are a little shady. We jack-lighted across the Lladocin area - nothing but spiders. Then a couple of rodents in the holes along the road excavation where our earlier traps had not functioned. A fox mouse poked his head up to see what was going on, looked at us a second or so, and disappeared again... July 4, 1969 4km ENE Pucunana, Dept. Lima, Peru Nothing in our 10 traps around the canal. Ray was the only successful trapper - with one Oryzomys. We set out after breakfast to check the Sherman's which had been set in sand + I found a fox skeleton - somewhat weathered - in a small wash, with a scrawny rodent by Lladocin - also nothing. So we went to meet boat at Samed stream San Bartolo to buy bread, to Pucunana to look around, and then home again. We decided to go back to the Quelchedo Cruy de Iduezo to spend the night. Carl wanted to try to see