Pearsen 1979 Nov. 14 Frost on car in the morning. Nestor Garcia came to call and reported that about February last year at Puerto Bluest near the steps to Cantaros he found one of the spherical nests and that a Dromicidae carrying young ran out. The Scotch broom is still not in full bloom; the Metro in Barloche is in bud but not full bloom. People say the spring is late this year. Thursday Nov. 15 Ice on car in the morning. Official temp. in Barloche at 7 am 4°. Drove with Hilda to the fish hatchery on Estancia Primavera (Sr. Parivierre) where Nestor Garcia is now foreman. But primarily to visit the Cueva de los Rodres about halfway between La Confluencia and the Rio Manzaños. Four archaeologists were working there: Lic. Mario Silveira, Lic. Eduardo Crivelli, and Lic. Damian Curzio, plus a fourth woman who may have been Silveira's wife. They are from Inst. Antropologia of the Fac. Filosofia y Letras, Univ. Nac., Buenos Aires, 25 de mayo 217. They had excavated in the cave a pit about 5 ft. deep and 8 ft square using measured string, brushes, trowels, and other archaeo gear. They have found charcoal, points, human remains in the upper layers but not not in the lower layers. There are mouse bones throughout, but there are lenses of pinkish fickle material that are almost pure mouse bones. We looked at a few and saw Ruthrodor, Eleonupus, abedon, and Aediceonups. They said they had also seen chiropteran jaws (=mossypial ?). They are not ready to estimate age of the deposits but are thinking in terms of a few