Field notes, v1350
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Mymel Leeng 1969 journal 92 35 mi. WNW Cajamarca, 6000ft. Depto. Cajamarca, Peru Aug. 24 (cont.) and around which we saw possible sign of bats. On the walk up I saw a small frog in a rain puddle in the road + Dr. Koford caught it. In his net was a hummingbird, Nothing in the 2 nets I have up. We saw a small weasel-like animal cross the road as we were walking down towards the Hacienda. It came down from a ferny patch of growth and down the rushes side. Perhaps it was a tyra...I saw that it was dark and about the size of a cat. August 25 Dr. Koford and I walked down to the Hacienda to check the nets - nothing in them. We took them down. I checked my traps and found a small rat-like animal (perhaps Oryzomys) in a snap trap placed at the base of a half-rotted tree. I also caught a live rat in the large Sherman I put at a tree buttress where there were several openings. I will inject it and take chromosomes. Last night there was a large Phyllostomid in Ray's net. It has light streaks on its head and a white narrow dorsal stripe. This morning I found a small Phyllostomid in my net. It was probably there last night, but I didn't notice it because it was at the very edge of the mist net, by one of the loops attached to the pole. This morning I saw a relatively small, light-