Field notes, v1350
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Myrna Heng 1969 journal 104 Aug.30 (cont.) 5 mi. S.W Otuzco, 8000 ft., Pyslo La Libertad, Peru Towards Santiago de Cluceo. We took a little road towards the pueblo of Huacaway and are camped We foot at a turnout on the road, 5 mi. S.W. Otuzco, 8000 ft. The hills here are cultivated to a limited extent with some oats, and there is evidence of grazing sheep or goats; however, there are rocks and brush and good habitat for mice. At 8000 ft., we have a chance of getting magister. I set 21 small shermans and 23 snap traps up a rocky, bushy canyon. Dr. Koford set his snap traps and 7 small shermans in grass and rocks. Ray set his snap traps along a rock wall. The weather is warm and windless. This afternoon on the way up here it sprinkled a little. We got here at 5:30 pm, after having been on a fair gravel road. The kids seemed just about ready to settle down to roast, as I was setting my traps. Dr. Koford thought he heard the gurgling sound of a whiporwill. Aug. 31 6:30 a.m. Checked our traps. Ray caught 4 mice, all probably Phyllotis andium. Dr. Koford caught 9 mice, possibly all andium, but maybe a young magister. I caught 11 mice - 5 Akodon boliviensis, 5 Phyllotis andium, and 1 definite Phyllotis magister. All these I caught beneath large rocks, usually with dry leaf litter