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R.B. Hamilton
1967
Journal
August 25 En route to Pomacochus, Dept. Amazonas, Peru
There was much sign of animal life. Soon we came
to a very large lake which is Pomacochus. We
stopped in town to shop and then proceeded on,
stopping a little way out of town at the site of
an old sawmill at an area which is partially
virgin and partially being cut at the time.
5 km N., 5 km E of Pomacochus, Dept. of Amazonas,
Peru, elevation 6000 ft.
Here I put up two nets--one on a cut hillside
area of second growth--another in XX area of
stream where small ravine flowed. I put out
25 traps. Ray also put out traps here. Before
dark, I caught a hummingbird in my net in the
ravine. It probably was Bronzy Inca (Coeligena
coeligena). Ray checked his traps before going
to bed. He caught several mice. I put up two
Akadon sp. and one Oryzomys sp. I have been
catching many bats in my nets at night, fre-
quently having two or three there at once. I
tried to check my nets about every hour until
02:00. By that time activity had ceased or
lessened.
August 26 We awoke at 06:00. We went hunting early and
found in my net on the hillside a House Wren
(Troglodytes aedon). I also managed to shoot a
White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata)
from high on a dead snag 75 feet in the air. I