Field notes, v1350
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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