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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