Brazil field notes, v1503
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Mustraui; Meika A. 1992 journal 15 Ilha de São Sebastião - SP Brazil little creeks that cross the trail or go parallel to it. We set 106 traps, among Shermans and Tomahawns, in the following way: every station has, 1 Sherman and 1 Tomahawn on the ground, and 1 Sherman up in the trees. Some stations have an extra Tomahawn up in the trees. Tree traps are set at ± 1.8m high, with bungee cords. The forest is not very tall (canopy) and most trees are very thin in diameter. The understory is reasonably dense. We started setting up traps late, after talking to many people in the morning. We put these 106 traps in ± 2 hours. Bait was, a slice of banana or manioc smeared with peanut tutter and sometime, (1/3 or 1/2 of all Sherman traps) a piece of chicken (left overs). The 106 were set along a trail, on an approximately 1 km-stretch. Márcia found a frog (4.5cm long) on the litter and we collected it (MAN 52). It was preserved in alcohol 70%. After talking to Chico in the morning we went to talk to Sen Ademar (following Chico's recommendation). He knows a lot about the animals on the island, it seems. He had much work to do today, otherwise he