Duke J Rogers 1981 Journal which had died in the trap during the night. 1330 hrs Stopped at a locality ca. 16.6 mi SW (by rd) La Esperanza. The mileage is not exact so we will take a reading from the next town. 1620 hrs The weather is still clear. I have completed setting 60 traps: 20 of these are on a dry-western facing slope in secondary growth and another 40 are placed in moist eastern facing slope of mostly oak with little pine. Leaf litter is thick, much more on rocks and trees. There are quite a few fallen logs. The slopes are roughly 35° grades. Many epiphytes cover the areas as well. We will camp here tonight, pick up traps in the morning, and drive further southwest on this road to a locality Ted Papenfuss gave Davis for salamanders and leguielos. Ed is at this time setting 40 traps for the wet facing slope. (The dryer slope is predominantly pine) 4 January 0810 hrs Arose after a cold night. There is frost on everything left out from last night. I briefly checked the live animals and they seem to be OK. 0915 hrs Returned from picking up traps. Collected 10 animals from 40 traps set on the wet slope (6 P. melanocarpus, 3 P. thomasi; 1 Gryzonys affari). Collected 4 P. melanocarpus for 20 traps set on dry slope. Four of the melanocarpus (3 wet, 1 dry slope) died during the night. Ed caught 8 animals (7 P. melano- carpus and 1 Reithrontomys fulvescens?).