Argentina field notes, v1528
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Pearson 1987 7 Summary of pellets collected at Curo Genes on April 19, 1987. 61 entire pellets, 2 of them without shells ( ) = in partial pellets) Auliscomya 12 (15) Euniceomya 4 Gastrocer 2 also Ranga 22 (11) Raithro 8 (2) Eligmo 3 (1) also Leantlo 25 (2) Phylotile 1 (1) Ctenomya 2 (1) Orygginga 18 (2) Cholemya 1 (2) Fraconyma 2 Soffee 1 Barn owl feather Total 101 (37) £ 138 Noted parameters. Sprinkler off and on. Two rhos at Cariba Anchor. Saguna Fox junior, was dry, with about 30 Chimangas feeding in the middle of it. Coming home took the "short cut" SE of Curo Genes. Close to the Curo there is a very nice, not too over-groomed mallin of about 4 or more ha. It must be the source of some of the Auliscomya that the owls catch. But that would it. But essentially, from the mallin to beyond the airport on Estaire Conder, it is almost pure Savanelgrass. Bumygrain in other directions also. Just SW of the mallin are several ha of turf, and to the NW maybe 10+ ha of 15 to 20-ft-tall pines in dense plantation. The tops of Curo Genes seem to support the densest cypress forest ground, but they are still scattered enough to have lower