Field notes, v1345
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R.B. Hamilton 1967 Journal Monte Grande, 14 km N, 25 km E of Talara, Dept. Piura, Peru! August 3 but was unsuccessful. After dark Carl and I set up another net during which time we saw a skunk walking between us, but we did not collect it. After this Fred and I went night hunting in the corral. We saw many foxes and finally succeeded in seeing a large pair of eyes in a tree. We stalked to the location of the eyes and managed to get within about 20 feet where I tried to shoot. I used full load of 16. After shooting, the eyes disappeared but no specimen could be found. We then returned to camp and went to sleep. Carl went hunting after this and got one Caprimulgus longirostris and one arboreal rat which he saw by eye shine. August 4 I awoke about 06:00 to a beautiful morning. After breakfast I discovered a Pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum in a thicket near camp. I called Fred who was hunting, and he came and shot it. He then let me use the gun for a few minutes, and I managed to shoot a small Amazilia hummer and a young Conirostrum sp. I put these up during the morning along with a young wood hewer which I took from a net near the water hole. I also caufht a Cineræus Finch (Piezorhina cinerea) which had a yellow bill, but I discarded it. When Fred was out hunting, he shot a white-edged oriole (Icterus graceannae), a brown fly catcher, a white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), and a squirrel. Ray went hunting and brought back a squirrel and an ant bird. I went hunting in the afternoon but did not shoot anything. I did see another ant bird. At night Fred