Hamilton 1967 Catálogo Journal July 8 In Route from Km 213 to Cosma, Depto. Arecah, Peru. country was mostly the same as we've encountered earlier. The country was mostly dry with little owning regularly with only vegetation being tall due to this regularly occur on some of the hills. The only place where there is any greenery is in the rivers bottoms when the inhabitants seem to be able to use every form of water to irrigate their crops. We saw the usual roadside birds on the way to Cosma, Geotita sp. Long-tailed Mockingbird, Mimus longicaudatus, Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, Tyrannus melancholicus, Groove-billed Ani's, Crotaphaga sulcirostris. All but the last are seen in river bottoms. Trusty Vulture, Cathartes aura, Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus, and Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus. We arrived at Cosma at Km 379 at about 1500. We parked at central park like square which seems to be common feature of Peruvian cities. We walked around and did a little shopping. A pair of Sparrow Hawks, Falco sparverius were seen flying around the city. We tried to find a span chatted cab for our bus but was unable to find one. After about 45 minutes we left for Huarmey. The road turns off E from S side of Cosma. We got on at the junction of highways. Casma Highway, In Route to Huaras, Dept. Ancash, Peru. This road goes generally E and first it goes through outskirts of Cosma and agricultural area. The main crop seems to be corn as I can't help thinking that Corn-on-the-Cob would taste great right now. This road was fairly empty and wasn't covered with any litter or weeds. Many deer were observed on the road as in adjoining fields. They appear to be mostly Coupling Ground Dove, Columbina cruziana with many Cardinal Doves, Zenaida auriculata. These birds seem to be a