not much montana visible, Took pictures in cloud forest, then hiked up to Bue. One long-tailed mouse and a spiny tail in my traps. Left about 11 a.m. for Puncartambo but decided to camp & set traps when we got down to 10,400'. Numerous fires visible around the hills (we saw 2 set by a boy with cows) indicate that burning plays a roll in the plant succession around 12,000 ft. On the way down noticed: black & white wara planera in the grassland near the Tree Cuenca turnout at 11,500ft; albot a guava in brush & small trees at 11,200 ft; quinsua (0,750 ft), eucalyptus 10,600ft. On this side of the Tree Cuenca divide there is practically no cloud forest! Whereas on the other side the belem--non- Sphagnum-cyco-type forest is common and appears to run or down into broad-leaf forest; on this side the upper forest is a drier scrubber kind (but hard to say how much is due to cutting). One of the commonest trees looks just like an alder, and dominates we are now. one of the commonest shrubs looks like Pyrocarpha. Our camp was set along a noisy cold clear stream, site of an extinct saw-mill. Aspect here is quite tropical despite frosty nights. Birds seen here are humming, grana, a white-headed black