Pearson - 1998 had 1 large Loxo (released) and 2 Oligos. My 22 MS held 2 Oligos and 1 Abro longi. my 22 Sherms held 3 Abro longi, 1 Oligo, and 1 Loxo. Total trap success for 94 traps =17%, success for Oligo 5.3%, success for Abro longi. 8.5%. My 5 steel traps caught 2 tuco tucos that look like haigii. A police car came and checked up on us in the middle of the night. No mice seen during brief jacklighting. Back to Bariloche at 9 a.m. Yesterday's low and high were 55-83, and last night's low in Bariloche was 61*. This locality will be known as Rio Nirihuau (Mouth), 14 km NE Bariloche. The following Loxodontomys were dissected; nothing saved. Also one big adult was released alive: Males: 237x97x29 73g Testis 10mm; liver ok, lungs hemo. 236x99x30 66g Testis 9mm; liver ok, lungs ok. 226x89x28 62g Testis 8mm; liver ok, lungs hemo. Females: 232x98x30 75g Nipples large, no milk; uterus 2mm, scars; liver ok, lungs spotty. 165x78x24.5 28g Stomach green. Uterus 1.5mm, white, no scars, no CL; liver ok, lungs ok. Male: 159x70x25 22.5g Testis 4mm; liver ok, lungs ok. Processed mice in the apartment. Day sunny and warm, max temperature 79°. November 20- Bariloche. Minimum overnight 51°. Morning sunny warm, no wind. Went out to INTA and got new weather records from Carlos Bustos, Bonino and Julietta were not in. Talked with Javier Bellati. He says everyone agrees that there are lots of hares this year and still denies my impression that there are many fewer hares squashed on the roaods than there used to be. He says that the ranchers have convinced the government that they should forbid commercial harvesting of hares and have also inaugurated a bounty on foxes and pumas! He was preparing videos of various INTA projects such as Desertification. He recommended that I get in touch with a Hanta Virus guy who was here from a sister city in Montana: Dr. Rick Douglass, Dept. Biology, Montana Tech., University of Montana, 1300 W Park Sq., Butte, Montana, [email protected]. Afternoon high was 82°. November 21- Bariloche. Morning clear, sunny; overnight minimum 50° Went out to Eileen's study area at 8 p.m. After supper jacklighted down the road from their camp to the highway, then onto their study area. 5 of us with flashlights. I saw one Reithrodon by eyeshine sitting in a depression at the mouth of a burrow. It was not particularly frightened but eventually