Greene, H. 1980 13 December along the edge of it. Paused, I jumped (continued) out for one picture and then we tried to close on it with the car, to no avail - ran off into a dense scrub. 14 December Picked up Hermann Nuñez and headed north. First stopped for breakfast in Zampa, N 37 km (nd) N of Santiago, near the E slopes of the coastal range. Then drove N 7 km by road to a public park called El Taco de Zampa. This is a broad flood plain E of the foothills of the coastal range, with numerous shrubs, especially Mullenbeckia surrounded by very fine sand. Here we saw several Callopistes maculatus active 8/10 - 11:00 AM. One I saw was moving ahead of me on a path w/ a dark object in its mouth that appeared 2-4 cm in diameter, perhaps a scarab beetle. The other I photographed from 3/m beneath a bush - it head jerked several times vertically whenever I moved. The latter was a big one w/ much orange on the throat. Thence we drove on to Til-Til, stopping to photograph an Athene burrow and the owls - there was a Callopistes (?) tail drag mark in the entrance sand. Next spent a lot of time trying to reach San Robles, w/out