Myrmel Lewis 1969 Journal 51 20 Km. N, 6 Km. W Chancay, 800 ft., Dept. Lima, Per aug. 1 in the nets. The birds here are finches that (cont.) fly in noisy flocks of about 25-30. Also Icteria cactorum (oven bird) is calling. This morning a hummingbird buzzed past my car very early. Didn't get a look at it. 8:30am Drove over to the other side of Lomas de Chancay. It is much greener here & the vegetation gets higher as we go higher. Vines & grasses on the dark soil, century plants, Caesalpinia, & other trees. Zonotrichia capensis is very prevalent & singing all the time. Altitude about 1200 ft. Trees here aren't native. It's very foggy & moist. Lichen & bromeliads growing on tree trunks. 19 mi. W Chiguian, 5500 ft., Dept Ancash, Peru 13 mi. by road above Cajacay junction, 10. 3 mi. N of Cajacay J. We got here at 5:00pm. We spent the day driving up this valley Fortaleza and up the E branch of it. It is an irrigated lush valley with dry rocky walls. We saw parrots, Geospiza, kingbirds, etc. At 5500 ft. we found a DOR Didelphis. We are camped here at a rocky, brushy site hoping to get Phyllotis magister. I set out 30 small Shermans up the steep hillside with 6:30 checked our traps. I got 1 Phyllotis aug. 2 auctium under brush in a rock pile. Dr. Koford caught 2 of the same, by the tails, so