Pearson - 1988 46 28 so that you cannot drive in. The bamboo in the tongue of forest that the road goes around seems to consist of young clumps. The Scotch broom at the Llao Llao is full bloom. Anita saw a hummingbird at our campsite oin the edge of the lake. December 7- Llao Llao. Drizzle stopped about 10 oclock, then mostly clear. A pack of 2 or 3 large dogs visited camp. Anita's traps had 4 live Ako longi, 1 dead Ako longi, and 1 dead Auliscomys on the line near camp, plus 2 live ones and 1 dead one at her other line. My line had 4 live Ako longi, 3 dead Ako longi, and 1 dead Auliscomys. While we were picking up the auxiliary trap line, a pack of 3 large dogs came through where we had parked, seemingly hunting silently. A hare had passed through just as we arrived. One clump of bamboo at our campsite was in full flower with stamens hanging out. A caged Akodon longipilis removed some oof the flowers from a stalk and left some stamens lying around. December 8- Discussion of his thesis with Adrian Monnjeau. Milton Gallardo arrived from Valdivia in the evening. December 9- Milton brought a manuscript from Reise: A revision of the genus Buneomys. Reise thinks that mordax should be a separate species, but does not recognize sympatry. He has specimens from Pino Hachado, and Milton says that there are two karyotypes, 2n= 56? and 58?, but I am not sure from what localities. Also a manuscript on chromosome evolution in Ctenomys (by Gallardo), and another by Gallardo and his student on Oryzomys longicaudatus. He thinks that on the basis of size, penis morphology, and karyotype there is a break at about 50* latitude, with the souther form being a full species magellanicus that lives on both the mainland and at least part of Tierra del Fuego. December 10- Up to Cerro Catedral with Gallardo, but the lifts were not operating (they don't run on weekends). Saw no blooming bamboo on a quick survey down the back road to Lago Gutierrez. Fraga came for dinner. He says a ?robber? fly systematically visits Notro blooms. Then to movies with Gallopins and Gallardo. December 11- Gallardo left for Valdivia on the bus. To an asado in the afternoon at David Pruden's on Lago Moreno. His bamboo is as luxurious as ever: dense clumpns, abundant lush leaves, quantities of tall, thick new shoots. Conrad and Julie Bailey were there from Estancia San Ramon, say the spring has been excessively windy (and dry). Jacob, the owner, is going to fence off one or more areas for a nature preserve containing whatever happens to be inside the fence when it is put up. Drizzle in the afternoon and night. December 12- Bariloche. Patricia came by, and Nora with data for Buneomys specimens. At 5pm put traps out at the usual place beyond the Centro Atomico (12km W Bariloche, turn in from the lake at Puerto Perito Moreno for a couple of km), mostly in nire scrub with much open sandy areas with Acaena, radial, retamo.