P. Hamilton 1967 Journal On Route to Cosme, Dept. Ancash, Peru July 12 On our way down we kept our eyes peeled for places to bathe. My son found one and really enjoys the opportunity to get clean for the first time in quite a while. After bathing I looked down into the stream from a bridge and saw a fish that held six trout from about 6"-10". Then not many other pools that appeared more suitable for trout but I could not see into them clearly. After bathing we proceeded to Cosmo where we did some shopping as the proceeds at a town to camp. 10 Km N of Cosme, 15m. 275 Pan American Hwys way, Dept. Ancash, Peru. We drove back to w to smell fishing rollers that appear to be mostly dead at this time. The bird was quite early. No sharks were seen. Many Gray Bell's Larus modestus were seen. We considered future tour only bills. Then I finished getting up the Burrowing Owl, spartite curucubris that I had shot several days earlier. After supper Dad, Ray and I went walking in the hills looking for geckos. We didn't find any - in fact we didn't find anything alive but a couple of spiders. No vegetation was seen. We did find a barn owl with an extreme about one foot across. I'm going the area is mostly lifeless as no traps ever got at. July 13 In the morning, I was involved to the sound of bird hips, around a rock outcrop. Before I could shoot it, it flew away, & I probably saw a juvenile of some kind. I said to myself as I saw this bird that it must be lost. Being in the lifelessness of this area no sooner early - 0915. On Route Cosmo to Pacasmayo, Depts of Ancash & La Libertad, Peru. About 1000 we were 5 or Chimbote where there is an extensive area of marshes and shallow ponds.