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Myriam Reay
1969
journal
67
Aug. 10
(cont.)
1 Km. N., 12 Km. E Paracota, 8500 ft., Depto. Arend., Peru
and 4 dead ones in his snap traps. There was a
Zontrichia capensis in the mist net. I saw
another hummingbird - this one green with an orange
gorgette.
1:00 p.m. Took chromosomes from 4 mice - the Phylloetes
I caught by the tail at Collan, 2 Phyllostis andinus
that Dr. Koford caught last night, and 1 Red Ray
caught. We set traps out again. I left
my small Sherman's out by the rock walls, and
reset the 40 folding Shermans near bushes &
rocks on a nearby slope. There seem to be
many species of flycatchers here. Dr. Koford & Ray
each
collected a tiny one with a white eyestripe
and crest. Dr. Koford shot a type of small whipoorwill.
It has a very large mouth (and flexible) as well as
feathers on the tarsus. Ray shot a dove with orange-
around the eyes.
Aug. 11
7:00 a.m. Checked my traps. I had 1 Phylloetes (probably
andinus) in the large Sherman beneath a large
man-made rock pile with branches thrown on top of
it. Unfortunately, at some time as I was peeking up
the rest of the traps I looked at this unfolded trap
in my hand and unthinkingly began to fold it,
whereupon the mouse fled. Several agonizing frustating
minutes of chase fail to draw it again. It was a
very gray mouse with a fairly long tail. I then
checked my small Sherman's and found 2 mice by