Pearson-1990 23 Phyllotis November 11- Caught 2 very big ones at the bottom of a cliff 12km by road N bridge over the Rio Pichi Leufu. Saved both in captivity. In the traps when we got home they smelled fruity, like Concord grapes, not especially like amber. One is a male, tail slipped while handling; the other a late pregnant female. Put into separate cages with samples of Ephedra, Senecio, and calafate. The droppings produced in the trap overnight and on the way home were very dark, fine grained, tapered somewhat at both ends but usually more so at one end than at the other. The size distribution was: Length in mm. Frequency 4 2 5 5 6 5 mean 6.5 7 3 8 4 9 3 November 12- Measured scats from a loosely consolidated piece of amber from the cave at Primavera: Length in mm. Frequency 3 1 4 11 5 24 6 30 mean 5.7 7 11 8 6 9 1 It would seem that we are dealing with a single distribution in the cave sample, and its size is consistent with that of Phyllotis. The shape is consistent also, numerous but not all pellets are pointed at one end. Overnight, both captives were left with a small amount of rolled oats and a small piece of apple. They both ate some but not all of the apple, and little if any of the oats. Neither captive ate Senecio or Berberis. The female cut a branch or two of the giant Ephedra (check identification) but does not seem to have eaten much of it, if any. She dismembered the twigs of cipres, but didn't de-bark the pencil-sized stem. The male seems to have eaten lots of Ephedra- only a few short lengths left. He did not de-bark the larger branchlets of cipres (4mm diam.), but cut off the terminal twigs and chewed up a lot of the smaller sections of stem, perhaps 2 to 3mm diam. November 13- The female ate rolled oats when she first came out last night. Overnight she cut a few lengths of Ephedra, 1 to 2 inches long, but doesnt seem to have debarked any. She made a nest of sorts out of some cipres