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nov.29 Baridos. Sunny, warm.
nov.30 It occured to me sometime ago that change of Eunomys
from most abundant (in Cueva Trafal) to rarest,
would all make sense if it was an animal of open
stoney areas such as the cigarra groves, some of
the hilltops. Our single capture of Eunomys so far has
been in stoney places at Corrallo. Some drove to
San Ramon, stopping at a smifty cigarra stand at the
first summit, part of it almost 1/20 cigarra and big
bushes of palo pichi, lots of droppings of Rattlro and
others; grass under the trees. Then we stopped at
the second summit (between the Est. San Ramon
entrance and Estacion Panto Mirador). Anita set
trophs on the south side of the road (29 MS and 6 steel)
and I set trophs on the north side (about 18 Sherman,
15 MS, 10 coagtrophs, and 7 steel trophs. She had cigarra,
palo pichi, espinia negra, etc.; I had cigarra, notro,
Berberis, etc., little espinia negra and little of any
palo pichi. We both saw Rattlro droppings and
another vegetable dropping similar to Rattlro; pole,
best rounded at both ends. Lots of insects (especially)
Rattlro) trophs & droppings on the way up to any
point from there.
Then at 9:30 p.m., we drove into Est. San
Ramon and hunted Rattlros with the NVAs. Evening
merry, somewhat hazy, moon came up about midnight.
Picked up one Rattlro at dusk and followed him