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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-