R.B. Hamilton 1967 Journal En route to Cerro Amotape, Dept. Piura, Peru August 8 Talara, we stopped to investigate two deep caves in sandstone cliff along shore. These caves were probably formed by wave and wind action. In the deep, dark recesses in the cave near the water level were scattered Desmodus sp. We did not take any. We did, however, capture 2 Tropodorus sp. lizards under driftwood on sandy beach. Four Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) were seen along beach together with the usual seabirds. We then went into Talara and shopped in the afternoon, then proceeded on our way. We departed in late afternoon and headed for Cerro Amotape. We turned north on side road which was 2 km E of gas station which was several km E of Garita on highway. We proceeded on sandy road with scattered vegetation mostly in draws and camped when we got to the south foot of the hill. South Foot of Cerro Amotape, 10 km N, 40 km W of Sullana, Dept. Piura, Peru After arriving I went hunting in a rocky draw. I saw several birds but did not get close enough to shoot any. Carl and Ray set traps in the draw. After supper, Ray and I went gecko hunting with a kerosene lantern. We managed to catch 2 Tropidurus and 22 Phyllodactylus Geckos. It appeared that we got 3 different kinds of geckos--1, vertical rock-dweller, 1 bark dweller, and 3 horizontal dweller. The almost vertical sides and bottom of rocky draw were excellent gecko hunting sites. We had a little difficulty finding camp but did so with a little searching