Mustangi, Meika A. 1994 journal 66 E. B. Boracéia Gustavo photographed Gracilinanus and Philander. 6 August The cold spell has stationed here, bringing with it lots of rain. It is cold and rains both during the night and during the day. The sun comes out every now and then but the clouds are not gone for very long. The forest which looked quite dry last week (all days of sunshine) is wet again. Some mice, specially Delomys, which happens to be the most abundant, show up death in the traps in the morning. Yesterday, after it rained a lot at night, and was, very cold (5°C), we caught 31 animals in 159 traps! 2 more Rhipidomys, which were also kayotyped! Alexandre, who reset the traps along trilha dos Pilões, caught 1 ♀ Mammoso?—, but so far all the other individuals (all Northern species) were caught on trapline along the road. Today I found a Delomys in a Tomahawk, half eaten (posterior half). It had been pulled out of the trap through the mesh, only the head that wouldn't come through it. Sítio São José da Serra - RJ