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Myrna Leng
1969 J
journal
53
25 mi, 5 Huaros, 12500 ft., Dept. Ancash, Peru.
Aug 2 (cont.) this morning. Ray put up his andium. Sheep,
goat + cow droppings indicate grazing here. There
are 3 indian grass + stone hutts across the little
stream. Apparently, Phyllostictus is here.
Dr. Koford set about 15 snapp traps around a rock wall.
Ray set about 30 small Sherman's around another
rock wall and across a field. I set 30 Sherman
along a long rock pile and along the bank
of the stream. I didn't see much sign. Ray +
Dr. Koford went out hunting. Ray shot some
kind of fench, and Dr. Koford came back with
a tinamou. I took chromosomes of the 3
injected mice.
Aug. 3
6:30 a.m. Checked my traps. I caught 1 Calmys lucillus
in the middle of a small (4'x4') rock pile. Nothing
else in the traps set along the stream bank. Ray
cought nothing. Dr. Koford got 2 skodon boliviensis (1 in.)
in the snap traps he set along a small stone
wall corral in the puna grassland. I found a
frod in the tent. The tent is placed only about
10 ft. from a new small man-made stream
(2-3ft. wide). Dr. Koford shot another tinamou,
this one smaller (280 g.) than the one last night.
I decided to try my luck with the single-barrelled
shotgun, and shot my first bird, a hummer,
with .22 shot. It went down to 26° F last night.
This morning it is warmer + only a slight breeze