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P. PEARSON
1952
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Feb 1
Panfa aveosar, In my traps: Ph. boliviara and i darwini,
plus i more two. Anita had chrosomps and big Hesperonups.
These plus the little hesperoms we caught wandering among the thorn
last night while fox-fighting quire 5 miles - 5 species.
Morning oversat. Packed up traps and drove back to the
summit between here and Capazo where we had left 4 two traps.
2 was in them. Skinned there until lunch time. The
pass is 14,550 ft, Festuca and some tela (rigidum), Polydrias
up higher. Can see both panfas from there. Then drove
back to aveosara to set traps and camp for night.
The panfa lies surrounded with little yellow-footed totis and
a bigger toti. Also numerous bigida, chrosomps a few
Hualatos.
Feb 2
Packed again on grand in A.M. My traps had darwini; boliviara;
+ lerlebachii. Anita's traps a sublinius?. Her line at 13,800 ft
was very successful: about 25 traps = 3 sublinius?, 1 Hesperonups,
1 Ehyndentus, + 6 lerlebachii. Vegetation here rather lush
with equal parts of Festuca-tela (rigidum) plus considerable
Pyrenophyllum. Gravel-stone soil, slightly too stony for
many tures, but a few Festuca in bloom and seeds Her line
at 14,200, 11 traps around coral = 4 darwini, Rocky ground,
rich? (2 specimens) + tela (quadrrangulus). Some Pyrenophyllum.
too stony for tures.
Drove back to Panfa Capazo to skin & set traps
for tures. Set among Festuca & tela rigidum. Illanos, offross,
triviaras miped on the panfa. Phea hunt in afternoon, John
many springing + caught two traps: Rain & hail in afternoon,
evening oversat, calm. Just before dark part out 30ms around