D. Hamilton 1967 Journal Casma Highway, on route to Huascar, Dept. Ancash, Peru. July 9 being harassed by a Sparrow Hawk, Falco sparverius, at about 8000 ft we stopped at meadow near Creek. Ken Carl and I tried our luck at shooting swiflets which were numerous at the location. Then that we saw yesterday was gray as probably in genus Chaetura. The swifts present here have slight feathers tail are on gray with whitish rump, collar and belly. Carl and I were both unsuccessful at collecting the swifts here. I saw some Tawny Bar as well as Say-Tails. Washington Mimosa longiculis is very plentiful that I can not identify. A native man fishing in stream as he caught several trout. I did manage to catch collect one Dactyl Red-breasted Meadowlark, Pezites militaris in dull plumage. Ray collects some frogs and saw a snake but was unable to call it. We left this place and stopped a little higher where the stream crosses the river. This was at 8970' altitude, 91 km from Casma. Here we saw several hummingbirds and many fridder of unknown as various kinds. I shot a small bird of some kind in thick brush near the stream but was unable to find now it's a few feet back (The place was very steep here). Ray collects several frogs with very large eyes and we decide to call it the