R.B. Hamilton 1967 journal 8 km WSW of Bagua, Dept. of Amazonas, Peru, elevation 1500 ft. August 23 I hunted in the morning and saw several tanagers and other exotic birds. I did manage to kill a tanager but was unable to find the specimen. Most of the day was spent in putting up the specimens we collected. We left about 10:00 proceeding on toward the jungle. En route to Rio Utcubamba, Dept. of Amazonas, Peru On the way we stopped at Bagua because Fred and Ray had heard there was a schoolteacher who knew much about the local fauna. We did not find him but we did find someone on a large plantation who spoke English and who was very friendly. This is a large cattle-raising region and the man told us that the vampires caused quite a problem which was due to the fact that flies laid their eggs in wounds made by vampires and the developing larva constituted the problem. This man gave us some cold lemonade which was much appreciated on this hot day and a large bag of grapefruit. We proceeded along the south shore of the Rio Utcubamba. The vegetation was quite lush by the river and many natives had small farms with papaya, bananas, coffee, and other tropical plants where irrigation water was available. We looked all afternoon for a suitable place to camp in this lush vegetation