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P. PEARSON
1955
a little Tillandsia still at Chacria. Then drove
to 3 mi. E Motuana, 8200, to sample and set traps.
North facing slopes of narrow gorge are mild oats
and scattered woody bushes 2 to 6 feet tall, at least 6 species.
5-facing slopes look more alto-plana with few bushes
and some bunch grass. Set a bag of museum
species (corn meal) among oats - bush plus some
in some vine-covered stone ruins + First llanar
camping at [illegible] (some at Arma spring) about
8500 feet. Not much cactus.
Another short bag of museum specials at
San Mateo, 9500 ft. Rather brushy, not unlike
magister terrain in southern Peru. Brushier than
the other line 1 mi. E Motuana and with fewer mild
oats (more heavily grazed), [wood building camps]
Aug. 11
The lower part of the 8200 ft. trap line in oats,
scattered low shrubs, and rocks caught 1 Marmosa and
1 long-eared darwini-arduin (Rh from 1 mi. W Motuana
had simple ears too). The longer upper part of the line in
oats, low weeds "sage", caught nothing.
The 9500 ft. line in brushy places caught caught
1 Akodon, 1 long-tailed Oryzomys, 7 R. arduin
Skinned til noon then went downhill to
set traps. About a dozen at the Zuniga nut place
(1 mi. E San Bartolome', 4800 ft), 5 of them with more
meat bait. Then set a bag of museum specials
(corn meal) at 4400 ft near a mine? right by the road.