Field notes, v1350
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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