Field notes, v1350
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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