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Mynal Leary
1969
journal
57
4 mi. S, 8 mi. E Queash, 12500 ft., Depto. Queash, Peru
[12 mi. by rd. from Catac towards Chevis]
Aug. 4
(But)
2 Phylltis. Ray caught a dead Calomys ?
(3 embryos) in his live trap, and also a live
Phylltis which looks like the ones Dr. Koford
caught. Dr. Koford shot 2 more birds - one
a Green Hummer, and the other an ovenbird
with a grey back & wings and a chestnut chest.
Injected Calomys, Phylltis, + another mouse caught by the
tail (perhaps P. sublimis). I put up Dr. Koford's
animal & dissected 3 Akodon: ? 19g., ? 15g., ? 10g.
The animal Phylltis we are catching live are probably Sublimis.
3:30 pm. I took a box of small Sherman's over
to the 2nd Canyon and set 24 traps along the rock
walls, beneath tangles of roots & cactus, and up
the stream along the rocky grassy areas. I
then went further up along the lake up over a
couple of hills to the far end. There is a small
waterfall there. At the far end is a field of
marsh grass that prevented me from crossing
over to walk around the other side of the lake.
Dr. Koford put out snap traps and about 27 large
folding Sherman's in bunch grass & rock walls.
Before sunset he had 4 nice Akodon Bolivianus.
Ray set snaps & small Sherman's along more
rock walls. I saw an Oxyura ferruginea
on the lake. It had a black head & neck, reddish
brown back, and a tail that sat straight up
vertically. At sunset I heard what were probably