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Myrmal Leng
1969
Journal
87
aug. 23 (end.)
35 mi. WNW Cajamarca, 6000 ft., Depto. Cajamarca, Peru.
There is an abundance of trees (large-leaved) as well
as much ground vegetation, vines, grasses, bushes,
etc. It rained off and on starting at about 3:00.
at about 5:00 it was raining very hard. I put
up a 30 foot bat net at the edge of the forest
in the meadow clearing where we are camped.
We each set snap traps in various forested areas,
under rocks, logs, & tree trunks. I heard
tinamous as I was setting my traps.
9:00 pm I walked out into the jungle to look for
eye slim and to get a clacking animal
(probably a frog). Didn't see either. There's an
abundance of insects, mostly moths, with
glowing eyes. The wind is coming up a little,
and it rains a few drops occasionally. Everything
is very wet. Nothing in the snap traps I looked
at. During the day there were a lot of assorted
butterflies around, many with luminescent
markings on their wings.
aug. 24
Checked my traps. The first 2, set about 3
feet from each other amongst mossy boulders,
thick humus & ferns, had an Akodon
each. This Akodon appears to be very dark,
something to be expected of this dark tropical
forest. Ray caught an Akodon and what
appears to be an Oryzomyz. Dr. Koford had
a phyllotomid bat in his net, similar to