Normal News 1969 journal 19 Porculla Pass, 7000 ft., Depto. Lambayeque, Peru and Porculla Pass itself. August 18 Checked our traps. Ray & I didn't catch anything in the live traps we put out. Dr. Kotofel got an Oryzomys and 3 Phyllotis andinus in his snap traps. Last night it was very windy -- so much so that one of the aluminum poles to the tent bent & broke & the tent fell. It is still very windy this morning. We will break camp and move back down the mountain a ways to check on other traps. Last night there were whipperwills flying, lightning fireflies, and I heard bats calling. 7:00am. I found that my ?Paralomys gerbillus gave birth. I don't want to disturb the family too much, so I haven't counted the number of young. Yesterday I separated the live Paralomys I had because the night before they had been fighting. The male had bites all up & down its tail, and the baby tailless one I put in there had been killed. I suspected the female was about ready to give birth. 7:30am. Checked my 7 snap traps and found 1 mouse in a trap set under a tangle of roots & dried brush on the bank of the dried stream. It is steep & rocky here. The mouse appears to be some sort of Oryzomys. It is a darkish buffy color and has a fairly thick, though sparsely haired tail. The ears are small and