Perto Moreno. The administrator? 1 Estevan Casa de Piedra said no loto, 2 guys stringing fence said sure, they find loto in rock crevices in the volcanic rim-rock. Numerous hollow eyes visible. We landed on a landing strip in sandy bunchgrass-low shrub. The little yellow Calea calva is beginning to bloom just as I Ptolon Perto Moreno east of Bariloche on Nov 1. Put out about 25 traps along rim rock and in thorn bush on pampa; caught put out 34. Strong hot net just below the rim rock. No wind, sky 3/4 cloudy, full moon. Temp at 9 p.m. 8°C. Felt almost eerie without wind. Nov 6 morning clear, no wind, temp 1°C. Saw no loto last night, and net untouched. Saw 2 truos of Tiraavola yesterday and one single. They were calling last night and this morning: a dust or two, less screamy, more musiced than T. pentlandi. my traps had 1 baby (abdomen) Antis' box 2— abdon (red-backed): (1 adult breeding ♂, 1 jnr with smollets) and 1 large ♂ Phyllotidocorami (large testis + accessories) Probably parabo Drove south to the Rio Belgrano - Río Chico for lunch. Saw a rhea with >9 small striped chicks. Vegetation all very low with bunchgrasses, larba, cushions. No attempt at cultivation except in towns. The sheep seem to be completely exterminated, in groups up to a couple dozen, surely 10 miles or more from nearest human. Yesterday we drove 8 hrs, all except the first 1½ hrs, on the main N-S route 40, and we passed 2 vehicles, not counting a truck stuck in the mud and another by twice trying to start it. Three hours of driving this morning we passed 1 vehicle. This person and one other in the "town" of Bajo Carretera were the only people seen all morning: no gauchos,