Duke S Roger 1982 Journal (12) For several hours we have stopped to set traps on a farm owned by a very nice man who speaks good English. His name is Oscar Mora. 2100 hrs. We have set traps on a hillside overlooking San Jose and Tres Rios. The habitat is fairly disturbed, trees are about 10 m -15m in height. There is a lot of coffee planted, rather thick understory in some areas, but little in others. Leaf litter is ca. 1 cm in depth. We have been given coffee and a place to sleep in a spare bedroom. Oscar and his wife are very nice and charming people. I don't hold out too much hope for collecting any Metronyxs tomorrow. Regardless, I plan to drive with San Jose and make arrangements to karyotype on Tuesday. We already have caught ca. 18 animals that I want to karyotype, and probably more in the morning. I have 70 traps out. 19 July (Monday) 0615 hrs Arose, dressed and left to check traps 0750 hrs Returned from picking up traps, having only caught 2 animals (Scotinomys and O affaroi?). The oxyzomys was taken in growth along a stream, whereas the Scotinomys was taken in thorny undergrowth on a hillside 1100 hrs Spent the morning taking tissue on an Oxyzomys that died during the night. Ed and Phil collected 5 more Scotinymys (2 and 3 each); Preparing a series of six Scotinomys (2 ales, 2 skel only + 2+ body skel. - the latter 4 tissue was pulled on as well. We also have arranged our gear and are ready