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myrna lewis
1964
journal
42
5 mi. E
July 21
(cont.)
9000
Yungay, ft., Depto. Lima, Peru
caught 6 animals in his snap traps - 5 Phylletis
annexus, and one unknown - perhaps darwini. Carol
caught 3 dead annexus and a live andium. Ray
caught 2 mice - a darwini and an annexus.
Mrs. Pearson caught 3 dead Oryzomyx - like mice
and 2 live, what appear to be long-tailed annexus.
I injected the 2 andium, a long-tailed annexus and
a darwini. The Meriones is somewhat dopey, and
not fast moving. It has a prehensile tail and
ears that are somewhat curled or folded.
We set up a mist net on the flow side of the
river in a meadow. So far we've gotten 1 flycatcher.
It was warm and windy last night, and today the
weather is sunny and windy.
3:30pm Carol and Ray are going to stay around camp
and trap here with a box of small Sherman, some
snaptraps, and 40 large Shermans. Dr. Pearson,
Mrs. Pearson and I are going up the canyon towards
Yungay to set traps. The valley becomes a deep,
steep gorge further up as the road passes over a
ridge to the right of the river. The Indians
have irrigated & cultivated many of the very
steep sides. About 10 miles up the road
we parked. There was a steep lushy
hillside that had tier upon tier of rock
walls to hold level the soil for cultivation.
The rock walls were on both lush and somewhat