Pearson-1992 6 time ago and only caught modest numbers of mice (Irenomys, Akodon olivaceus, Akodon longipilis, and Oryzomys). No quila seeds, no new sprouts. This trap locality must be about 2km NE HotelTermas de Puyehue. Drove around looking for some places where a census grid might be set up without herculean effort to fight through the quila. Found a couple of prospects, but will wait to see how the trapping is. Niko, a good informant, says that although the quila looks dead it is still ripening its seeds and that not until next year can one expect seeds and mice. He showed me a seed head from which he could squeeze a drop of milk from some of the "flowers". Dinner and overnight at Nico's house. Milton had a lot of new reprints. Patterson had told him nothing about Pearsonomys. A brief excursion with the night vision goggles, but saw nothing. November 10- Aguas Calientes- Heavy rain during the night. Freddy's and my trap line caught 2 Akodon olivaceus, 1 Ako longipilis, and 1 Oryzomys. The other line, set by Nico and Milton, caught nothing. There was very little green vegetation on either line, and all of the captures were on the first half of our line, which had a few blackberry bushes. Then we drove to 4.7km NE Hotel Termas de Puyehue and walked through a beautiful old-growth mixed forestof about 6 species of big trees including a few BIG arayanes perhaps 2 ft DBH, and enormous fallen trunks. Some living culeou clumps at the edges. It is where the power-line, recently cleared, crosses the road. I left one cage trap there along the road at an especially yummy set. Then we drove halfway to Antillanca, under the guidance of Nicolas, and stopped at the pullout place described by Lyn Clark, 9.5km from the Hotel (Antillanca?) on the north side of the road. This is where she thinks she has a new bamboo. Back in the sphagnum swamp near the lake we found two clumps in bloom. Lots more, of course, not in bloom. Nicolas knew that this bamboo was special, and says that finding a few in bloom means that next year there will probably be lots in bloom. Enormous quantities of other, non-blooming bamboo along the road from Aguas Calientes to this mallin. In the afternoon, I put 39 Shermans around the edge of a dead quila island in the middle of a pasture that had been cleared about 40 years ago, then cleared a bit more about 5 year ago. There was more chaura, blackberry, fuchsia, and other bushes than last night, but still not very much. The ends of a lot of the canes leaning out into the pasture had been chopped off, and all the dry quila flowers at the edge had been