AK Pearson 1969 picked up a batch of humming bird pellets - (at k-14) and saw 2 owls. There was lichen on the rocks, and some snail shells about but other than a few cactus, no other vegetation. Drove on up the coast to Lanchay, where there is an Experimtal Forest Research Station. From this very barren landscape you drive east up the ridge until you get to a area carpeted in a green vine - like thing, with some greas, eucalypts, firs, agave, in spare additio to native trees. Lots of Lantadina suzzy in the area. Saw scorpius. Shrubs on the hillside were green with new growth - I don't know if they are leafless at other times of year. Back to Lima about dark. July 14, 1969 4 km ENE Ocucaña, Dept. Lio, Peru. Came down to Papa Leon with John this morning, in tie to go out on the grid with the rest of the crew. I was a - charge of seed samples (or soil samples) - t determine organic content of soil samples from different exposures etc. Carl + I uncovered a very young gecko under a thick dead mat of Tilladain. There also was an almost whole, empty, light blue eggshell near the gecko. Brought in all my soil samples - collected in a kli can (diameter 12.7 cm). Measured the exact amount of sand in the can at record it's depth, & the bottom of the sample, and the type of soil.