Field notes, v1350
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Miguel Leng 1969 Journal Aug. 6 (cont.) 4 mi. S, 8 mi. E Recuay, 12500 ft., Depto. Cuzco, Peru. [Queroocha], 12 mi. by rd. from Catac to Chavin, Depto. Ancash of rocks + soil in the bank, and an Oregonymus near a large rock in moist soil about 3 feet from the water. Dr. Koford caught 3 mice out of 30 traps set in rock walls; a Phyllotis pictus, an Akodon, and an Andinomys. Ray caught 1 live mouse - a Colomys sylvanus. I will discard my 6 Akodons: ♥ 24g., testes 3x6; ♦ 20g. testes 3x6mm; ♥ 18g. testes 2x3mm.; ♦ 14g. imm.; ♦ 25g. uteri variculus; ♦ 23g. uterus, enlarged & elongated. We broke camp and headed up the road. Above the crest there is a valley through which the inlet to the lake runs. There are slightly forested hills, grassland, boulders, + some rock walls. We continued along the road and passed by some ice sheets. We progressed upward, and at the top there is a tunnel about 400 m. long. On the other side the road winds downward and there are some rock slides where we saw many viscacha droppings. There were also some ponds in which there were thousands of fairly large tadpoles. We couldn't find any adults, however. We drove back to the area above the lake and set up camp. I took 42 snap traps up the mountain side and set them in the grass and among the boulders + trees. Viscacha droppings were thick & fresh everywhere. The low avenues