Field notes, v1350
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Myrmal Leng 1969 Journal 58 4 mi. S, 8 mi. E Reedy, 12500 ft., Depto. Ancashi, Peru [2 mi. by rd. from Cabac. towards Chauin] Aug. 4 (cont) frogs. The noise was a croak followed by 3 clocking noises that sound like 2 rocks hitting each other. The moon is about half full. This afternoon from about 2-4 pm it hailed again. It takes about 50 minutes to walk from 1 end of the lake to the other, so it's probably about 2 1/2 -3 mi long. 8:30 pm Dr Koford + I checked traps. He had 3 L. sublimus in his snap traps, placed in rocky area with abundance of bunch grass. One was still alive. Nothing in the large shermans. Then we checked the snap traps Ray had set at the rock wall supporting part of the road. We had 3 Phyllotis pictus and what appears to be an Andinomyx (large mouse). [fragment: & 3 amb 5mm all off] We went back to camp & got some more large shermans & set 15 of them. There are in abundance of holes + both large + small droppings. Aug. 5 Minimum temp. last night was 18°F. Dr. Koford checked traps at 2:30. Ray had 2 Calomys in the snap traps. This morning there was 1 more Calomys. Nothing in our large shermans. Apparently, the large mice (Andinomyx, P. pictus) are active in the early evening and maybe the small mice active dates. Correction on Ray's catch. Of the last 3 mice, 2 an Calomys [small] (broader, blunter head, very short tail, bigger feet, greyer underneath) and the other a Phyllotis sublimus (long tail, flufy