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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