Pearson 1971 2ap gather lino "brush" 2aft,19 light clear & calm, minum 42°, Rantrafs at 6:30 org'd: caught 3 new over and 3 recaptures: A11 ♂ ygod. #411 recapt at D9 ♂ ** 404 B10 & ad sored 413 " ♂ A10 ♀ 405 F8 ♂ ygod. 414 " " B2 ♂ jun 406 In addition auta staff-traffed 3 tagged over off the area as follows distance travelled 401♀ = 62m 403♀ = 132m 407♂ = 111m 409 = 60+60=120m. auta had 63 staff traps out and caught 12 lbi, damini, and 2 tails. My 7 traps including two young at 2 niches in cliff high above study area caught 2 phyllotus. One of these was tagged at D4 #409 od♂. Released him at D4♂. Released tagged tailers at current. One trap with a mouse in it in the dry rock had been pestered by a fox. Three sets of fox droppings contained respectively phyllotus, wisaka fur (or alworm?), and pure mule berries poorly digested. Spent the day quantifying plants. Used every other stake of the grid as a reference point (=45 samples). To avoid trampled space around the stakes (left up by rock cairns) we measured diagonally 1.5m and dropped nearest the 1m² heap with its perp sidey 1.5m, from the stake.