Pearson-1989 28 this year. Drizzly, quite wet. I put 30 Shermans and 30 Museum Specials, mostly in bamboo clumpns along a road and path with lots of grass. Anita put 20 Shermans and 20 MS, many of them at the base of nires. Returned to Bariloche. The lupines at Lago Mascardi in full bloom. December 9 - Back to La Veranada to pick up the traps. Catch as follows: Shermans Museum Specials Total Ako longipilis 7 2 9 Ako olivaceus 3 1 4 Auliscomys 4 7 11 Chelemys 2 0 2 Geoxus 0 1 1 Oryzomys 0 1 1 28 Saw numerous hares here, a few tuco diggings. Day mostly cloudy, windy, a few sprinkles. Adrian came in the afternoon and took the two live Chelemys, presumably for Reig, although they are both females and Reig already has some females. December 10 - Bariloche. Rain. Analyzed bamboo leaves. Long visit from Gwenn Brewer and Josh. December 11 - Rain in morning, cleared in afternoon. Conference with Adrian. At 6 p.m. set traps at Rio Casa de Piedra, 12.7km W Bariloche. Cloudy and some drizzle. I put 35 traps alternating Shermans and MS upstream from the bridge on the west side of the stream. Steep slope with lenga forest with boulders, bamboo, a few logs. Anita put 10 Shermans and 10 MS on the NE side of the stream in retamo, radial, shrubs, and green grass. Then we drove 1.2km east and I put 11 Shermans and 11 MS alternating around an ungrazed meadow in retamo, colletia, radial, nire, mmutisia, green grass, tuco burrows. Anita put 10 and 10 traps ocross the road in scrub nire, brush, and acaena. She caught one Akodon olivaceus before she got back to the car. December 12 - Picked up traps at 8 a.m. At the Rio Casa de Piedra I had 3 dead Oryzomys, 1 dead longipilis, 5 live longipilis, 1 live olivaceus, and 1 live Oryzomys. Anita had 2 dead Oryz, 2 dead longi, 1 dead Geoxus, 4 live longi, and 2 live Oryz. At 11.5 km W, I had 2 dead longipilis, 1 dead Auliscomys, 2 live Oryzomys, and 2 live longipilis. Anita had 2 dead longipilis, 1 dead olivaceus, and 1 live longipilis. Summary: Shermans Mus. Spec. Total Akodon longipilis 11 7 18 Akodon olivaceus 1 2 3 Oryzomys 5 5 10 Auliscomys 0 1 1 Geoxus 0 1 1 Total in 97 trap nights 33 Equal numbers of Shermans and MS