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Pearson
1974
A8 Ph.amina ♂ breeding 5132
A9 " " " " " 5133
(655-646) G10 inna ♂ breeding 5134
(653) H6 Ph.darwini huge ♂ " 5135
G1 " " ♂ breeding 5136
(662) C1 " " ♀ young 5137
(658) H2 " " ♂ breeding 5138
The amina tended to be caught at the grazier sites along rows A, B + C (check this), and the darwini in the more open, rocky bottom of the dry washes, but infrequently at the bottoms of cacti clumps that looked good for Oryz jumps, as though Oryz was keeping them away from their choice-looking sites. Oryz was undoubtedly abundant on the grid but didn't enter traps until the 4th night, and were entered line traps elsewhere despite abundant opportunity.
Left after lunch. Saw fox at close range on the way out to Bella Union. It was the size of a house cat and probably hunting lizards which were very abundant in the flat bunchos but not around canyons or on the grids.
Some triangulation on the Hojo de Ruta maps at the auto club suggest that this cantonto is 8 1/2 mi. NNW of Bella Union and was known as the Mina del Hierro area. It closed down about 6 years ago. We drove through the abandoned bedquarters village, with school, basketball court etc, and saw nobody. There was an Inca watchman at