increase in number and eat kiwis. An additional kiwi increase and mice and rats so often, and understory of ferns instead of bamboo.The Notothagus forest of Nothofagus. In a forest of John McE., McE. , work being done by John McE. A fax from Carol Ralph in New Zealand raves about the kiwipredation predation on their house at their house at their house at their house Dinner with the Fluecks. They are going to store our stuff in this area. Andes. The guide had been to the Park Guard School and apparently they asked if I were related to the biologist named Pearson in San Martin de los The tour guide on the bus on the way to Puerto Varado yesterday our apartment in Bariloche was only 77F. in the "Upper Valley" of the Rio Negro, 37.5 at Neuquen, but the high at boat; sunny after only a few miles travel to the east. It was 40C yesterday December 11 - Morning almost clear at Puerto Blest. Returned on the 9 o'clock flowers, done by Maria Belen and Gimenez Gowland of Bariloche. guests. The Hotel has a splendid display of color photos of local trees and Stayed overnight in the Hotel at Puerto Blest. I think we were the only bamboo story. mice! This illustrates how thoroughly the local people are tuned in to expressed surprise, he said it must have bloomed because there were a lot One informant said that the bamboo had bloomed last year. When? Darwin's frogs during the census, although a few other frogs were calling. paintings of habitats with numerous mice, birds, frogs, etc.. We heard no It drizzled much of the afternoon. The little Museum has four Bettinelli traditional transect. from the middle of the camping meadow, which is not quite on our other side = total of 7. This does not include one blooming across the roa meadow and El Abelao was 2 on the river side of the road and 5 on the count of flowering clumps of bamboo between the camping bumble bee feeding on blackberry flowers. was presumably drowned. But this year the ground is dry. Saw a giant was practically standing in water. Many of the nearby cotton trees were west side of the road, was alive and well in spite of the fact that last year it but this year there are many new shoots up to 1.2 m tall. Clump D2, on th