Field notes, v1350
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Mymal Long 1969 Journal 83 2 1 Km. E., 7 Km. N Olmoz, 2300 ft., Dqto Lambaggvo, Psm. Aug. 19 (cont.) under large Ficus trees & mesquite-like trees. 8:30 p.m. I hear some bats and there are also a lot of insect noises. The night is warm and windless. There aren't nearly as many flying insects here at night as there were down by the red bridge. Today we each set about 22 or 23 snap traps. Ray + I set ours along rock + brush fences placed between small areas of dried old cultivation & the stream, and Dr. Koford set his up a small canyon. 9:30 p.m. Went out gecko hunting. Dr. Koford caught 3 and I caught one. They were on small boulders with lichen, usually near brush or large boulders. Seems we may have 2 species. I found a large toad jumping through the brush and leaf litter about 75 yards from the creek. It puffed up as I held it. I released it, as it was the same kind as we found abundant at the iron bridge. The geckos we got were all around the same vicinity, and there didn't seem to be any others anywhere else we looked. I was checking my bat net, when I heard a little rustling in the brush near a large boulder. I looked around with my flashlight, and half-way up the boulder was a mouse staring at me. It was apparently a medium-sized