December 1985 Eurycoryphe Dec 3, First summit, 20 km NE Baribela. 53 Troops overflight in the cypress bald above the road, many of them set for Eurycoryphe, caught 2 Eurycoryphe and 42 other mice. The adult female in a thir sparse grove under a cluster of 4 Cypress trees of good size. There were clumps of Sericea, Barberry, Bunchgrass, Acacia, Baccharis, Polypodi (Fabraea), and scattered smartweed (Polygonum). The soil was gravel of stones, quite open (see photo). Nearby was a considerable efflorescence of pure gravelly stones, and Polypodi in bloom. Near the base of the cypress were cuttings of Bald Cypresses. There was a woodpecker hole up in one of the cypress trunks, and there house and Eurycoryphe droppings in a fork 2 ft. off in the tree. There were also maybe a half dozen small holes a couple of inches deep, dug from the outside. The droppings have rounded sides, contain fairly coarse plant fragments, and are pale colored (beige). The other Eurycoryphe juvenile caught under a Collatia bush, mixed with Barberry, Baccharis and Sericea. There was a big cypress 15 ft. away, with green grass under it: meso, acacia, Ephedra, and Polygonum all within a few meters, but the "soil" open gravel + stone. The two animals were