arrived Tarata about 1:30 p.m. It has been "occupied" by the army, which will make finding a headquarters difficult. Sept 4 morning at Tarata looking for a house to rent, no luck. Then drove up the hill to our old camping place that we used to call 1.2 miles N. Tarata. From there that cooler more like 2 miles N. Elevation still due north (collected straight by Southern Cross). Photo of humming flowers in bloom and at least 4 species of humming birds here. Phil D. Digby side, Carol saw at least 19 species of birds here, I obtained a data & Carol put out traps [45 small Sherman and 70 museum specials]. Sept 5 2 mi. N Tarata, 11,500 ft. [=1.2 mi. N of previous trip], Temp at 6 am 36°. Amos + Carl's trips held only 1 Phyllotox magnater and 1 Ph- dermini (Carl & Todd). Stunned and relaxed and watched humming birds along the acequia. 4 or 5 species right in camp, plus Digby side. The humming brush follow the acequia, and the humming don't seem to utilize the bushes on the dry slopes. Photo of "maximum vegetation". Vegetation in photo since high to waist-high bushes such as Baccharis, a very slender small-leaved one also Schidophyllum quadrumgulare, a long-leaved (toothed & slender) with fluffy dandelion seed, fluted cactus up to 6ft tall with large yellow bloom, a small tree cholla up to 5 ft., lots of tiny jumping cholla only a few inches tall with spherical joints, a few tiny opuntias, a bush with [illegible] up