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oatmeal, 2 large Sherman's, and 2 steel traps. The
pump to large Shermans were at a road-retaining wall
where there was a large accumulation of croco-
sized droppings. All sets were at times below road or
retaining walls.
Jacklighting at 8 pm saw nothing, but one of the big
Shermans had a big Abrocana in it.
ants put out museum specials and small
Shermans at Queva dumps and rocky places.
Sept. 11
Night clear + calm. -4° inside car at 6 a.m., ice in
bucket. ants caught 1 audisump, 3 lb. magister, 1 lb.
darvini, and 2 Bolomys berlefschii - all except 1 Bolomys in
museum specials. I caught darvini, magister, all
sky shining. The darvini looks like rupestria. Sunny all day.
Put out 25 large Shermans along road walls below camps,
bailed most with cracked corn + oats + Scidophyllum blossoms.
Also left the Abrocana trap in place, and the pit traps. A few
feet from the Abrocana trap this morning was a Ph. magister
and this evening at 8 pm a Bolomys berlefschii was in the
Abrocana trap in the wall.
Sept 12
My traps held 7 mice: 1 Bolomys berlefschii (in to Abrocana trap)
Ph. darvini, Ph. magister. Visible tracks in the road
below camps. ants with 20 large Shermans among "natural"
rocks, gravels etc north of the pampa caught 1 Bolomys and
1 darvini. Temp inside car in my sleeping bag at 6 a.m.
was -6°, temp outside -2°, ice in pots.