droppings, could see more in the roof, and they have not been seeing any lately. Had to and was shown a very large red- brown mink skin killed by Antonio Mayorga. He says they have been around for about 6 years, was familiar with their agrote bahita, says they stem from escaped ranch stocks from Estancia Cholida south of El Hoyo. He says there are black ones, grey ones, and a few white. He also knows the hurón. Says the mink eat chickens, ducks, fish, coots etc. The family stories of fliers in the barn where the bats were in the spring, which suggests that the temperature does not get below freezing. Also eucalyptus trees. Drove to La Catarata at 6 and made soup. Small grey? fox? at dusk, no bigger than a cat. No bats flying, but insects flying & April 29 Temp. at 9 am 8°, morning mostly cloudy, a little sun. Drove to Kovac's house in El Bolson. He was in Bariloche; one son was there. We returned at noon to meet Carlos, the bird - artist son. Took him and his wife (schotterde) and 2 children to lunch, then went bat hunting to a chacra one km north of Lago Puelo, left side of road, Casa Lydia. In the honey extracting shed were much bat droppings (atite). The owner about a month ago had scooped a large cluster of bats into a mesh bag and drowned them in the creek. The bag was still there but empty. No bats in atite. Car blew load gas back to El Bolson garage. Then drove with Carlos Kovac and his brother in his car about 3 km north of town to some cliffs on the east side of the valley. The cliffs are approached through hop fields & the house with the red 3 storey