U.M. Diziadoz 1978 El Jul, 230 m., 19.5 km. NNE Encarnacion by road Dpto. Itapua, Paraguay. 3 September turned to the hotel via Cross Country, Loop and Middle Trails arriving at 13:30. Today I used Mercedes Foster's Sennheiser MKH 815T microphone and battery adapter. Yesterday as I was voicing in the data for the last recording I noticed that there was static somewhere in the system. After trying unsuccessfully to use the microphone after that, I discovered there was a probable loose connection in the battery adapter's cable. I did not go out recording in the afternoon because Gene Schupp was using Mercedes' microphone and battery adapter. The weather today was similar to yesterday's. 24 September The weather today was like that of the past two days. I left the hotel at 08:00. I was immediately attracted by an Empidonax-sounding call from the area near the drainage ditch behind building #1. I recorded the bird and saw it, but it did not look like Empidonax and its calls were somewhat different. After recording the above bird, I took the path from the miniature golf course to the