Drove Carol, Ali, and Sandy to the end of the road on the way to Chucatainai. Road ends about 1/2 hour walk above Chotala, which is a tiny village in a ribbon of green irrigation at the bottom of steep bare mountains. Chucatainai is famous for fruits "of all kinds". Some of their pears, which we saw, are more than an inch in diameter. Dec. 1 Drove with Carol & Peter to Yurata camp; arrived about 8:15. Sunny at first but soon scattered clouds. A caracara found our garbage in less than an hour. Grid [illegible] and vegetation looked the same; moisture in soil not far down. Saw one very small Rioseus altirostris maybe 50 yards below the grid; must have been recent hatchling. Measured some of the biggest yaratas, one covered an area of 32.4 m^2. The frost bitten corn above town is still alive but looks awful. Dec. 3 Left Tarata 9 a.m., saw 2 Tucantus at the forest place W of the Yurata camp (about 11 km NE Tarata) and another one with 5 young or 2 males old in the tola about 2 or 3 miles south of Challejalea. Miserable stony road from Ancuamaro toward Pijacoma. At one point 5 km of beautiful new road, then impassable, so 5 km back to alternate rocky guide. Stopped for about an hour at a two shot with fairly large red earth mounds and set 8 snares hoping to get Coturnix decodon. Got 4 spring antipes; then Carol found a mound that was not decodon so we drove on. Two other places had Peruvian-like hordes and guinea pigs, but we heard no building calls. Most of this from Ancuamaro north is beautiful Festuca and/or tola (Bromus rigidus) with occasional Adesma scapes. Very few people. Saw only 2 vehicles all day (Tarata to Pijacoma). Should have been