(percei) not far away. There were 3 dead shoots, 2 of them parasitized. Traced rhizomes and found two yearling culms that were coming off of rhizomes that had produced a marked yearling last year. Hence they can produce culms two years in a row. Returned to the F2 area to photograph at mid-day. Heard parrots in the late afternoon, and saw two condors up in the cliff above camp- as in previous years. In the morning, Phrygilus patagonicus and fio fios were feeding at sap oozing out of a Nothofagus dombeyi just behind the tent. No insects were flying there, but couldn't really see what was being eaten. Several years ago we had seen a hummingbird feeding at sap only 50 yards from here. Nov. 2.- Castano Overo. Rained all night, let up about 8 a.m. Gathered bamboo branches from F1, then started out the road. Got stuck on the first hill, but fortunately the jeep that went in yesterday with three climbers was coming out just behind us. They helped us up the grade, then we got stuck again on the second grade, and so did the jeep. We dug it out, then it helped tow us up the slope. Carlos Grey, km 6 of the Faldeo, plus two young men. Then dissected bamboo and wrote notes near Pampa Linda. Off and on sprinkles. Dozens of grey headed geese in the fields at Pampa Linda, plus one hare. The geese later replaced by a dozen ibises. Screaming lapwings present throughout. Much Berberis buxifolia in bloom. About a half-mile west of Pampa Linda a sign and road point off to the south to a Cascada, which is visible in the distance. The road, however, soon disappears into one of several branches of the Rio Manso and a braided river bed of boulders. Geologic re-arrangement must have been due mostly to last year's storm. Makes you realize that geologic erosion is not a day-by-day wearing down but an occasional catastrophic event. Battery was dead when we were ready to come home. Flagged down help to push. Much drier at the eastern end of the road, even dust in the road. Never did see the top of Tronador. Home at 7 p.m. November 3.- Bariloche. Mostly sunny. Puttered around town. November 5. Visited INTA in the morning. Bonino is back from Costa Rica, having done a thesis on pocket gophers in Costa Rica, from sea level to the volcanoes. He is now involved with a study of rabbits (they are down as far as Alumine), with raising rheas in captivity for commercial purposes, and with harvesting of guanacos, for wool and meat and sport. I asked him about his Notiomys edwardsi from Somuncura. He caught only one, and it was from near Laguna de Valeria, about 110 kms from Valcheta. He caught it December 15, 1983. Javier Bellati is doing a survey of game animals of Rio Negro by way of interviews of a couple of hundred ranchers: abundance more, less, or same as a couple of years ago. The survey covers hares, red fox, grey fox, puma, wildcats, eagles, tinamous, mink, maras, etc. He showed me the maps, color coded for more/less/same. Mink does not seem to have