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Papa Leon Tree, 150 +/- ft., Depto. Lima, Peru
purpose of this is to compare catches and get data
on breeding and age. Tonight I put up my first
trid, as a saltator albicollis ? (MAL 147). Dr.
Davis caught 3 in a net and left them at an
doorstep.
July 16 (cont.)
Checked our traps this morning. All together in the
Callow line I caught 25 mice and 2 tails. At
4 stations all three traps had mice. 23 of the mice
were Mus, and 2 were Oryzomys xanthodes (MAL 171,
172). Most of the specimens were eaten partly by ants
or other mice. A couple of the traps had the
string chewed through, and at 2 stations all three
traps were sprung and empty. Ray caught 3
Phyllotis auncius and 1 Mus in the 40 sherman
he put out along the beach. We went to the
study area where we continued sampling macro
pivertebrate under Jellandrea. Ray and I came
back, I took reproductive data, measurements,
and skull onlys from the Mus, put up the
2 Oryzomys. Then we put up & the 3 P.
auncius and told their chromosomes. The live
Mus will be used for feeding experiments. The 3
Pearsons spent the day at the study area. At 3:30
I dropped Ray off at the beach near the cliffs
so he could set 40 live traps again. I then went to
my Callow line to check it and submit. On
the way out (I was to pick up the Pearsons, then