12 mi E arequipa, 10,600 ft; Dept. of Arequipa, Peru July 14 July 14 Night clear, calm, half moon, min 36° my traps held 1 Alcedon and 11 Phyllostic darwini. The Alcedon was in a spot with some bunches of ichus. Lynn and Andy caught darwini and 1 Marmosa. At 10 a.m. 41°-57° wet-dry bulb temps, all sunny. Left camp at 1:30 and ground up the hill. Bushes still lush at 12,000 ft and still definitely brushy at 13,000 although bunch grass more abundant. Camped near 15,000 ft, probably not far from Koford's H waybase location at dusk. Saw no vicunas or tucaneros, July 15 Our camp was about 1 mile west of Koford's H-way base, 15,000 ft. Minim temp. overnight (clear) was 10° F. VW wouldn't start. Left about 9 and drove to Puno, shuffling, then camped at dusk about 3 miles west of Ilave on the Tacna road. All the way from Arequipa to Puno saw not a single vicuna or tucanero, even camping in the midst of Koford's study area. Heard no tucaneros or vicunas either. Saddest of all, no piles of vicuna droppings where they used to be, so they have probably been gone for some time. Quite a bit of grazing by alpacas, sheep, and llamas. July 16 Left about 8 a.m. toward Paucarmar and made camp in the gorge of the Rio Huanque a few miles above the bridge, about 13,000 ft. Put out 30 Sherman along good stone walk-iclus. Night clear (very) and almost calm. Checked traps at 8: nothing. July 17 Minim temp. overnight was 2° F. Still only 20° at 8 a.m. when the sun reached camp. My traps held only 1 Alcedon + 1 Calomys? I'm sure Swift traps would have done better. Heard no tucaneros. At 10 a.m. min 4°, air 43°. At 10:20 35°-51° wet bulb (13,000). * see later