Field notes, v1350
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Mymal Leug 1969 Journal 87 August 22 (cont.) 2 mi SE Morrope, 100ft., Depto. Lambayeque, Peru near top or top of the sand hill, and I got one large male at the entrance to a sand burrow made in the bank. It looked like a lizard burrow: x 1/3. 8:05 am Finally got the car out. Discarded Pardaloup: ♂ 7g., ♂ 9g., ♀ 9g.- all non-breeding. 2 alcoholic specimens (MAL 323+324) 4 mi. ESE El Espinal, 2000ft., Depto. Cajamarca, Peru Got here at about 6:30pm. The valley of the Savá River is fairly lush & populated. Sugar cane & rice seem to be prevalent crops. There are irrigation ditches and a few places where the river has been dammed up. The surrounding hills have lots of cactus growth. We had a hard time finding a place to pull off the road to camp, so we gradually went higher & higher. Still below 2000ft. the vegetation changed to a very lush, jungly moist vegetation. We are camped now and have put up a mist net. I set 20 snap traps among the vegetation & rocks near the little stream and up a steep heavily vegetated hill. Dr. Koford set 10 traps on the other side. At about 7:00 we found a pygmy owl in the net. We are keeping it alive a while. Aug. 23 Checked my traps. I caught 1 Mus in a trap set near the stream amongst dense viney vegetation. Dr. Koford also caught a