39 vicuñas at the Reserva San Guillermo are said to have reduced their numbers from 8,000 to 1,000, adrian trafficked the Campo Fístularia etc., 300 trog gnights and 0 captives (in june? or july?). The road to jacobacci was cut, first by snow, then by bridge washed out. Daniel Gorden Two students came by. One working under Gabriel Lopardo. Raffaello has finished a report on howler monkey behavior. The other is studying birds at Saguna de los primeros (Estación Pantoja Moreno). Our rich mouse habitat in arroyo La Fragua has been bulldozed for the gas pipeline. nov. 2 Day cool, scattered cloud at sun, Visited the new Fundación Barileche office (Isabel Gellépin and Miguel Bron) in the former Hotel Radas. Someone stole their Apple computer. Drove to Sago Mascardi to photo Berberis darwinii in full bloom. Saw about 5 isolated Bamboo plants along the east side of the lake, another Berberis (fragrant) in bloom also. at lunch with Hilda Turnbull yesterday she mentioned that in England in July, hedgerows of bamboo were dead, and that there was a notable abundance of mice. At 7 p.m. went to a talk by Claudio Chabolar on the status of mink in Argentina. He estimates a rate of advance of only 10 km per year, not yet overflowing other (mink are in Rio Manso; other in Nahuel