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just named, 1 arawnings factus, 1 Nestomys?, 1 young
Phyllosia. temp - at 5:30 a m 36° Just before dark
left out about 12 more ms across the flats. Rain + hail in
afternoon, night clear.
Feb.20 Temp 6 a.m. 39° clear, but clouded up, only scattered sun.
Temp at 2 p m after sunny spell 64°. Some rain at noon
and hail & rain at dusk. Much ternsow watching. Trops
(saw bill line) had 3 Abodon bolin. (2 just named), and 1
arawnus. Bim line caught nothing overnight but 2 arawnus
during day. More ternsow watching.
Feb.21 Only one immature Abodon bolin. in Trops line. Much
ternsow hunting in morning, then drove back to Haylcazo.
Feb.22 Hail in late afternoon + evening last night. Mothas were
flying too overlight after dark in hail storm, temp. 36°.
Day mostly overcast, occasional sun, some hail in
afternoon. Evening clearish, motha flying at 8 p m. with
temp. 33°. Temp at noon 53°, humidity 62%.
Day watching evening with Carl, writing notes & letters etc
Feb.23 Ternsow hunting with Kofords down to km.100 and gas at
Solitario. Temp at 6 a.m. 35°, cloudy.
Feb.24
SUN?
Breen watching with Carl in morning, then left after lunch for
Pulcer. Stopped at the bottom of the first cuesta where the
road runs along a stream and crosses a small canyon... about
82 km. W of Puno, 14,000 ft. Slopes riped rich and mothura
grass with some Bacchis and quadralalix. Flats with
clove rich, mother grass, Mungyrialsus, and "green". came
out about 25 trips, can't know hail at dusk probably
obvious many.