JP Myers 1973 Journal Trans charo road Km 455-540 NW of Villa Hayes, Dept. Boqueron, Paraguay Sept2 contd However we were told by Wayne Lovett of Wetzel's expedition that around teniente Ochoa the prist is very thick and quite high. Unfortunately, we were neverable to verify this, as the baby got sick and we had to turn back cerca Km 540. Returned to Km 465 for night, arriving at dusk. We saw 7 Patagonian hages on trip back, 4 west of Mariscal (2 pairs) and 3 at Km 465. tried unsuccessfully to collect. No showbirds seen all day. Trans charo road Km 465-300 NW of Villa Hayes, Dept Boqueron, Paraguay Sept 3 at dawn walked w/lais along road and along a clearing (by fence line) ~1 km SE from comp. 1 screa perched in tree. A ? mixed flock of plush-crested jaap, 2 acteids, + one dendrocolaptid. Much vocal activity by saltators, on every few hundred feet or less singing. It was a fairly warm night, morning clear + a light breeze. Broke camp at 9 and drove to Filadelfia, then on toward Wetzel's crew's camp (the line camp at km 300). At pond where we had camped 7-29-73, ~1 pm Km 420 collected one greater yellowlegs. If were there w/ a what may have been a solitary say's pipe but I didn't get a good look. As on the way out, solitary's were fairly common in roadside ponds, never more than 1/pond. Phil cataloged the 4 legs. In the area around 365 km there were a more extensive series of tajamanes + the number of soldanies increased. Then we found a flock of 4 pectorals One jalaire at Km 590 swamp