Jan. 5 Became windy during the night, clear in a.m., then mostly cloudy and windy in p.m. Drove up to Refugio Huemayor. Amarany blooming in sunny spots, but most of it is still in bud. Lots of big brightly caterpillars crossing the dusty road, pale blue-green markhor, bocks anta saw them eating leaves of young langa. Barilche Jan. 6 Windy, mostly clear. Drove up to top of Cerro Otto at 4pm. Very windy, Amarany in full bloom in open/places, but not even started in the forest. Barilche Jan. 7 Stormed during the night but clear in the morning. Forgot to mention that on Jan. 4 at Rio Hernady I noticed that in the middle of the [illegible]-sized dosdeyi and cipres are some huge old dead trunks of nothofage with brambler indicating that they grew in open habitat. They must have been over 100 yrs old and had been dead maybe 50 yrs, hence this forest was fields 150 yrs. ago. Chilean missionaries are said to have been on this side the lake in year 1 Jan. 8 Very windy in a.m., mostly clear, but rain by 1 pm. Drove to Confluencia to re-take old photos of Valle Encantado alicura and Piedra El Miraculo. Reservoir almost up to Confluencia.) Jan. 9 Very windy, mostly clear. Went out to INTA to identify [3 hours] since a frozen collection from INVAP (Pelcaygen) on road (Keithwood), Bar/en) contain 2 Elginedonta, 2 Abdomen longipilis, 4 Auliscorys, + 2 Phyllotis, lots of Abdomen caneumana, and 1 Eusomys. made a skin of the latter and left it with INTA (gaines and juliet). Also a collection of fishable mice from Somuncura. It contained lots of Elginodonta and